Cartel : the coming invasion of Mexico's drug wars

Overview: Having Followed Mexico's Cartels For Years, Border Security Expert Sylvia Longmire Takes Us Deep Into The Heart Of Their World To Witness A Dangerous Underground That Will Do Whatever It Takes To Deliver Drugs To A Willing Audience Of American Consumers. The Cartels Have Grown Increasingly Bold In Recent Years, Building Submarines To Move Up The Coast Of Central America And Digging Elaborate Tunnels That Both Move Drugs North And Carry Cash And U.s. High-powered Assault Weapons Back To Fuel The Drug War. Channeling Her Long Experience Working On Border Issues, Longmire Brings To Life The Very Real Threat Of Mexican Cartels Operating Not Just Along The Southwest Border, But Deep Inside Every Corner Of The United States. She Also Offers Real Solutions To The Critical Problems Facing Mexico And The United States, Including Programs To Deter Youth In Mexico From Joining The Cartels And Changing Drug Laws On Both Sides Of The Border. Author's Note -- List Of Acronyms And Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: War Inside Mexico -- 2: Drug Trafficking In The Twenty-first Century -- 3: From Mexico To Main Street: An Illegal Drug's Journey Into America -- 4: Biggest Armed Force South Of The Border -- 5: Second-biggest Moneymaker For Cartels: Kidnapping -- 6: Mexican People -- 7: Felipe Calderon's Plan To Save Mexico -- 8: Fight To Stop Cartels North Of The Border -- 9: Marijuana Growers In The United States -- 10: Restoring Faith An Taking Mexico Back From The Narcos -- 11: Improving Security Along The Border And Beyond -- 12: Conclusions: Managing A War That Can't By Won -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Sylvia Longmire. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Having followed Mexico's cartels for years, border security expert Sylvia Longmire takes us deep into the heart of their world to witness a dangerous underground that will do whatever it takes to deliver drugs to a willing audience of American consumers. The cartels have grown increasingly bold in recent years, building submarines to move up the coast of Central America and digging elaborate tunnels that both move drugs north and carry cash and U.S. high-powered assault weapons back to fuel the drug war. Channeling her long experience working on border issues, Longmire brings to life the very real threat of Mexican cartels operating not just along the southwest border, but deep inside every corner of the United States. She also offers real solutions to the critical problems facing Mexico and the United States, including programs to deter youth in Mexico from joining the cartels and changing drug laws on both sides of the border.

Author's Note Introduction The War Inside Mexico Drug Trafficking in the Twenty-First Century From Mexico to Main Street: An Illegal Drug's Journey into America The Biggest Armed Force South of the Border The Second-Biggest Moneymaker for Cartels: Kidnapping The Mexican People Felipe Calderon's Plan to Save Mexico The Fight to Stop Cartels North of the Border Marijuana Growers in the United States Restoring Faith and Taking Mexico Back from the Narcos Improving Security Along the Border and Beyond Conclusions: Managing a War That Can't Be Won Bibliography Notes America is losing the war against drugs, both at home and abroad. Nowhere is this more evident than in Mexico, where 30,000 people have died in recent years as a result of an increase in drug trafficking. This book is a terrifying look at the massive crime organizations behind Mexico's drug cartels, and their growing power.