How the drug war is pushing cartels into human trafficking
Submitted by mexbiznews on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 3:13am
The Christian Science Monitor
Most drug trafficking news in Mexico, horrific as it might be, slips out of the public consciousness the following day.
But the massacre of 72 migrants in northern Mexico last week, the worst known mass killing since Felipe Calderón took office in December of 2006 declaring war against organized crime, has sparked debate about the vulnerabilities of migrants traveling through Mexico to the United States.
It also confirmed what the government and analysts have claimed for some time: that criminal gangs are increasingly diversifying their illicit activities.
