Drug Cartels

The op-ed, “Doing the Math on Mexican Drug Cartels” in the New York Times provides an interesting perspective on Mexican drug cartels. This personal perspective brings to light the very human aspect of the drug trade reflecting both on those who participate actively within it, and also those who despite their disaffiliation with the drug trade have their lives transformed by it. The article definitely juxtaposes the more newsy pieces on South American drug cartels and provides some interesting food for thought. Though we often view the drug trade through a broad lens, it can be important to see the individualized and smaller roots of the drug trade that feed into and are the life blood of these enormous cartels.