Money is the life-blood of the cartels, a force that keeps them motivated to break every law to acquire more of it. With the additional resources provided by the distribution of the drugs through the gangs, they are able to provide their members with an ever increasing arsenal of more dangerous weapons than before. Drug operations conducted along the United States border with Mexico is the key factor that allows these delinquent criminals to keep functioning (Taylor, 2007). The ever increasing presence of the cartels along the border could be considered a show of force in an effort to demoralize agents. When put into context with the amount of drugs that actually get through border, the numbers show a realization that the country is indeed not secured in the slightest. Senator Ron Johnson affirms that at least 90% of illegal drugs make it into the country even after spending billions of dollars on the drug war (Ballasy, 2015). The numbers hurt because the all the effort that has gone into this war has bought only a marginal victory that becomes almost a complete national security
Money is the life-blood of the cartels, a force that keeps them motivated to break every law to acquire more of it. With the additional resources provided by the distribution of the drugs through the gangs, they are able to provide their members with an ever increasing arsenal of more dangerous weapons than before. Drug operations conducted along the United States border with Mexico is the key factor that allows these delinquent criminals to keep functioning (Taylor, 2007). The ever increasing presence of the cartels along the border could be considered a show of force in an effort to demoralize agents. When put into context with the amount of drugs that actually get through border, the numbers show a realization that the country is indeed not secured in the slightest. Senator Ron Johnson affirms that at least 90% of illegal drugs make it into the country even after spending billions of dollars on the drug war (Ballasy, 2015). The numbers hurt because the all the effort that has gone into this war has bought only a marginal victory that becomes almost a complete national security