Originally Posted by Socks

Apparently moving large quantities of cocaine across the border is dangerous. Who knew.

The reality is that the majority of the killings are in the northern border states and something like 90% of the murders since 2006 are directly related to drug trafficking.

Also, Mexico is quite far down the list of per capita deaths by country, even with all the recent violence.

I wouldn't say it's safe, but it's not what the US media plays it out to be.

We all can't live in a police state, can we. ;)