Mexico and the US: Current Commentary by Shannon K. O'Neil

This is an absolutely top-notch article summarizing the narco war in Mexico, the US role, and what should be done.  Read it now!  And look for other articles by Shannon O'Neil who is a fellow at and writes often on Latin America for the Council of Foreign Affairs.  She has a blog called LatIntelligence.  Here is a post from that blog documenting the US origin of the weapons that narcos use, and also pointing out the tremendous disparity in law enforcement between northward-moving migrants and southward-moving US weapons.