Drug lords fighting for U.S. access
Chad Groening - OneNewsNow - 6/9/2008 11:00:00 AM

Immigration reform activist Susan Tully isn't surprised by recent reports that a Mexican city rampant with drug gangs has seen two more police officers killed – a husband and wife.

The couple was shot to death while leaving their home in Ciudad Juarez, which sits right across the border from El Paso, Texas. The area – home of the powerful Juarez drug cartel – has seen more than a dozen officers killed this year, and over 200 people total.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon has deployed 25,000 troops across the country to respond to the problem. More than 450 police, soldiers, prosecutors or investigators have been killed since he took office in 2006 – others have resigned in fear.

Susan Tully with the Federation for American Immigration Reform says it is unfortunate that the pay for police officers and military personnel does not balance the risk. "And frankly, they're not willing to put their life on the line for the most part against the drug cartel," she adds.

Tully says Americans should be very concerned about what is going on in Juarez and other border towns. She says the root of so much violence is gangs that are jockeying for access control into the U.S.

The legal immigration advocate says about 90 percent of all the illegal drugs brought into the U.S. come through Mexico. And she says the income the cartels receive from drug trafficking in the United States is about three times Mexico's petroleum export revenues.
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