(There has never been a terrorist attack in the United States carried out by terrorists from Mexico.) (I’m now reading the third novel, “The Border.”) But they are helping to make Mexico synonymous with grisly drug violence. Mexico doesn’t have the highest murder rate on the planet (El Salvador holds that dubious distinction), but it’s nearly four times deadlier than the United States. But it doesn’t take long to see that the reality of Mexico is very different from the hellhole described by Trump. The Mexican drug cartels wouldn’t exist, after all, without so many Yanqui customers.

Source: Washington Post April 03, 2019 22:29 UTC