Violence in Mexico Highlights Need for Anti-Cartel Operations, Border Defense

Members of the National Guard guard a caravan of members of US Mormon family Lebaron as they arrive in a convoy from the US to the municipality of Bavispe, in the Sonora mountain range, Mexico, on November 6, 2019. - Mexico alleged on November 6 that a drug cartel called "La Linea" massacred nine Mormon women and children in a case of mistaken identity, but devastated relatives insisted their loved ones were deliberately targeted. (Photo by Herika Martinez / AFP) Photo by HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP via Getty Images

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My old girlfriend, a lovely young lady from Houston, used to speak glowingly about trips to beachfront resorts in Cancún, Mexico. That was in the late 1970s.