MEXICAN DRUG TRAFFICKERS: A BYPRODUCT OF POOR BORDER SECURITY By Jim Kouri MichNews.com Dec 21, 2004 In the United States-Mexico experience, there are relevant lessons for countries engaged in cooperative counter narcotics efforts. The primary lesson learned is that the illegal drug market has metastasized at the cost of thousands of lost lives and billions of dollars. A second lesson is that bilateral and multilateral efforts are key in the crusade against drugs. The costs that the illegal drug trade imposes on the United States have been estimated at a staggering $70 billion each year. Mexican drug traffickers are the...