Mexican Madness
Failure to Secure Border Looms Large

"So, as you listen to open borders advocates and -- please consider that they're responsible, in part, for continuing a losing role on our part in the drug war." --- Lou Dobbs Lou Dobbs Tonight -- CNN -- May 9      Casey Wian: Mortally wounded Esteban Robles Espinosa, commander of Mexico City's investigative police force, is airlifted to a hospital after being shot eight times outside his home Friday morning. Robles died soon after, the second killing of a top law enforcement official in Mexico City in as many days. Federal Police Chief Edgar Millan was gunned down Thursday outside his Mexico City home -- the tenth federal police officer killed by suspected drug cartel members in three weeks. Friday's assassination of Commander Robles, who was also part of the internal affairs unit from Mexico City's police department, occurred while Mexican president Felipe Calderon attended a memorial service for three fallen federal officers.     A Mexican government official says the attacks show organized crime is under pressure from a military crackdown launched in January 2007. Since then more than 3,000 Mexicans have been killed.     Prof. George Grayson: The violence is increasing at an alarming level... [...]     Dobbs: And we should say that that estimate on what the drug cartels are making across that border with Mexico ranges as high as -- from up to $45 billion a year as well and no one really knows. But what we do know is there's a reason that that border with Mexico remains open to this day. And when you hear the drug czar acknowledged that that would have an impact on the war on drugs and this administration and this Democratic leadership of this Congress have not taken the steps to secure that border, they're just basically admitting their own malfeasance as government and political officials.  Watch Segments: Drug War / Marijuana   Transcript