Make No Mistake: Mexican Cartel Murders are Funded by Americans Written by Newt Gingrich: The massacre of nine Americans – including six children – in Northern Mexico this week was the latest shocking reminder of a stark reality: Our next-door neighbor has a huge, dangerous organized crime problem. In response, President Trump was understandably angry, saying: “This is the time for Mexico, with the help of the United States, to wage WAR on the drug cartels and wipe them off the face of the earth.” The President’s goal is right, but the target is wrong. The key to destroying the Mexican cartels is in America not Mexico. As long as Americans send an estimated $19 billion to $29 billion in drug money a year to Mexico (as estimated by ICE) there will be cartels willing to take it. Kill one generation of cartel leaders, and a new generation will emerge. Since 2006, an estimated 150,000 Mexicans have been murdered in drug wars, according to the Congressional Research Service (CRS). The Cartels have so much money and so much organized power that they are virtually a state within a state. I spoke this week with journalist Sara Carter, who covered the border for years, about how dangerous these cartels truly are. Originally, I was going to reserve the conversation for my Inner Circle subscription service, which I want to invite you to join. But I thought this was so important – and such a timely topic and so central to the future of the United States – that I wanted to share it with everybody here. https://www.gingrich360.com/2019/11/make-no-mistake-mexican-cartel-murders-are-funded-by-americans/?utm_source=Gingrich+Productions+List&utm_campaign=c6ab81c125-cartels_2019_11_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bd29bdc370-c6ab81c125-52360393