Here's the thing. This is a huge problem. The cartels have been becoming more heavily armed and more sophisticated for years, perhaps decades. And the proble

Here's the thing. This is a huge problem. The cartels have been becoming more heavily armed and more sophisticated for years, perhaps decades. And the problem is that all this money goes into weapons, tactics, etc. On top of that the drug tunnels have been increasing in sophistication quite a bit. One recently discovered one had a railcar system in it. And so the use of predators in the sky will just keep the rest of us cowed, while the real criminals are underground. This is a major national security problem. We can't control our Southern border because the policies we would need to enact to start doing so (drug legalization, immigration reform aimed at a real guest worker program) are political nonstarters. And so we essentually fund a menace on our Southern border, one which has had enough military contacts to do what they want for longer than I have been alive (so more than 36 years).[1] The only sensible policy is to legalize drugs, institute a real guest worker program, and then step up efforts to control the border. But without those first two, the latter won't do anything. We are already out-classed there. We will lose. And if we can't control our Southern border, many bad things will follow. [1] My parents were in Mexico before I was born and have witnessed some things which indicate even then the cartels were able to get the army to do whatever they wanted.