In the News–A Spiritual Perspective July 2, 2012 Issue

A scientific response to Mexican drug cartels

Rosalie E. Dunbar, Senior Staff Editor

Veracruz, Mexico. From dried chiles and spices to fresh produce and seafood, vendors display their goods at the Mercado Unidad Veracruzana on November 17, 2011, in Veracuz, Mexico.

Since the war with Mexican drug cartels began in the mid-2000s, at least 40,000 people have been killed, including about 4,000 children. Some 230,000 Mexicans have fled from their home cities to escape the violence. Almost daily, newspapers recount the latest actions of the drug dealers who use terror to claim that they are the law of the land. 

When President Felipe Calderón, took office five years ago, there were about six cartels—multi-billion dollar operations that control much of the illegal drugs entering the United States. It’s said that the dealers are “just” businessmen with no political agenda, but holding a nation hostage while dealing in illegal drugs is hardly a legitimate business. 

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