Mexico: On the Brink - About to Collapse?

Mexico may collapse?

Wouldn't that be funny (in a not so funny way - the consequences for the United States would be staggering)



A serious impediment to growth in Latin America remains the power of criminal gangs and drug cartels to corrupt, distort, and damage the region’s potential. The fact that criminal organizations and cartels are capable of building dozens of disposable submarines in the jungle and then using them to smuggle cocaine, indicates the enormous economic scale of this activity. This poses a real
threat to the national security interests of the Western Hemisphere. In particular, the growing assault by the drug cartels and their thugs on the Mexican government over the past several years reminds one that an unstable Mexico could represent a homeland security problem of
immense proportions to the United States.





Joint Operating Environment 2008

United States Joint Forces Command






Mexico