Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Mexico seizes 15 tons of drugs article

The seizure of 15 tons of methamphetamine that is worth about $4 billion dollars. Although this seizure shows that Mexico's war on drugs is making head way, it also shows how wealthy and organized the cartels in Mexico are. The fact that Mexican cartels have the wealth and the organization to posses this vast quantity of drugs worries the the United Nations and the United States. The United Nations is now involved because although the trafficking to the United States has fallen, the UN fears that the drugs are now going to Europe.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/world/americas/mexico-seizes-15-tons-of-methamphetamine.html?_r=1&ref=drugtrafficking

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