Word: borders
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Readers of your report on Mexico's drug cartels [WORLD, Dec. 13] might believe that those who live along the U.S.-Mexico border lead lives totally dominated by the drug business. Silly me, I thought I was among hundreds of thousands of people in El Paso and Juarez who work every day at responsible jobs, earn honest dollars, come home to drug-free families, volunteer in the community, give to charity and aren't involved in criminal activity. KATHY ANDERSON El Paso, Texas...
...would seem that Mexico depends on the illegal trade of drugs and guns to strengthen its economy. Maybe the main focus of the war on drugs need not be on Colombia but on the border between Mexico and the U.S. ALLISON LEE AVINGER North Charleston...