Down in Mexico, the political class continues its entertaining distraction over the fence. They react to all of the “border fence talk” as an insult to Mexico’s sovereignty.
In the meantime, the cartels and violence continue to plague Mexico, as Patrick Corcoran wrote:
After a three-year rise in murders, 2017 was the most violent year in Mexico’s recent history.
The more than 29,000 murders registered by the National Public Security System represented a 27 percent jump from 2016, and a nearly 60 percent increase since 2014.
As is usually the case, organized crime was the chief driver of this wave of bloodshed.
And yes a border fence could actually help Mexico fight the same organized crime walking dollars and weapons south of the border every week.
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