America is losing the war against drugs, both at home and abroad. Nowhere is this more evident than in Mexico, where 30,000 people have died in recent years as a result of an increase in drug trafficking, turf battles and drug use. Having followed Mexico's cartels for years, security expert Sylvia Longmire takes us deep into the heart of their world to witness a dangerous underground that will do whatever it takes to deliver drugs to a willing audience of American consumers. They have grown increasingly bold in recent years, building submarines to move up the coast of California and digging elaborate tunnels that both move drugs north and carry U.S. military-grade firearms back to fuel the drug war. Now, innocent civilians are being caught in the crossfire as the cartels move their operations north of the border and into our backyards. Channeling her long experience working on border issues, Longmire offers real solutionsto the critical problems facing Mexico and the United States, including programs to deter youth in Mexico from joining the cartels and changing drug laws on both sides of the border. SYLVIA LONGMIRE was a senior intelligence officer on drug trafficking and border violence issues for both the Air Force and the state of California, USA. She has been interviewed on Geraldo , CNN International, Bill Handel's syndicated talk radio show , and is a featured expert on the Discovery Channel's ten-part series on kidnapping. Currently Longmire is an independent consultant, and testifies as an expert witness on U.S. asylum cases. She lives in O'Fallon, Illinois, USA. INDICE: Author's Note - Introduction - The War Inside Mexico - Drug Trafficking in the Twenty-First Century - From Mexico to Main Street: An Illegal Drug's Journey into America - The Biggest Armed Force South of the Border - The Second-Biggest Moneymaker for Cartels: Kidnapping - The Mexican People - FelipeCalderón's Plan to Save Mexico - The Fight to Stop Cartels North of the Border - Marijuana Growers in the United States - Restoring Faith and Taking MexicoBack from the Narcos - Improving Security Along the Border and Beyond - Conclusions: Managing a War That Can't Be Won - Bibliography - Notes
- ISBN: 978-0-230-11137-0
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha Publicación: 28/10/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés