US drug users finacing War in Mexico
Drug users in the United States are helping to finance the ongoing drug war in Mexico by continuing to purchase illegal drugs.
In seeking more help from the United States, Mexican officials point out that most of the financing for the Mexican traffickers comes from the American users of cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine and heroin smuggled across the border.
U.S. law enforcement officials estimate that $12 to 15 billion a year flows from the United States to the Mexican traffickers. And that is just the bulk currency amount, actual dollar bills, and doesn’t include all the money sent by wire transfers.
“In that sense, the U.S. is already financing this war. It is just financing it on the wrong side,” Attorney General Medina Mora said grimly.
