Violence Down . . . but

Major news outlets continue to report that the violence along the Mexican border is down. Even Juarez experienced a huge drop in the number of homicides last year. But, the media continues to convince us that the drug war is a failure. Every media report speculates that the violence is down because the cartels are now fighting in other areas. No media outlet even mentions the huge increase in military activity that we see in the border cities. The Mexican Marines, the Navy helicopters the inspection of vehicles entering and leaving major Mexican border cities are all unreported in the news! Can we 'speculate' that these efforts may be working?

The news media should be ashamed for giving comfort to the cartels and for empowering the cartels by these stories. The cartels are not omnipotent and the Mexican Government continues to win almost every single confrontation with the thugs and killers. Hundreds of cartel leaders have been jailed or killed.

Naysayers point out that the drug crimes continue so law enforcement is losing. Many suggest Mexico should stop this war on drugs. I suggest that if these people are right we must also stop arresting rapists, child molesters, bank robbers and car thieves because there will always be someone to take their place, too.

Shame on the media. There is no excuse for foreign journalists to ignore the truth. Mexican journalists have died for reporting the truth, but here is the USA our journalists remain safe. There is no excuse for not reporting the entire story.