The Mexican Drug Cartels Can Be Defeated

The Mexican navy has arrested thirty suspected members of the Gulf drug cartel following several gun battles in the cities of Matamoros and Reynosa which are just across the Texas border in the state of Tamaulipas as reported by CNN.  Meanwhile, U.S. prosecutor Laura Duffy -- recently appointed as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California -- continues her crusade against the Tijuana cartel which is based out of the state of Baja California as reported by Richard Marosi for the Los Angeles Times:  her "prosecution of the Arellano Felix cartel, also known as the Tijuana cartel, has been a rare, albeit qualified, success story, leading to the imprisonment of most of its leaders and leaving the once powerful organized crime group severely weakened, if not dismantled."