Police Chief of Mexico Town Resigns due to Drug Cartel Pressure.

The police chief of Ciudad Juarez a city with a population of 1.3 million across from the US city of El Paso Texas, resigned after receiving threats from local drug cartels. Two officers were killed on friday both had notes demanding that the chief of police resign or that an officer will be killed every 48hrs until he does so.-Al Jazeera Due to its location to the United States, it as a major drug smuggling route, so drug gangs are jockeying for power and influence vis-a-vis the Mexican government.

Questions to answer: Can the United States continue to ignore what is going on across its southern border? What will happen if these drug cartels continue to gain more power right outside our border, Whats going to to happen to our drug war? Are our border states going to be the next battleground with narco-terrorists, who kidnap and kill with impunity?