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Awareness – 15 years ago, after some drug high profile cases, some people said: “Mexico is going to become another Colombia,” “The Colombianization of Mexico is coming.”

Most didn’t believe it. “It is a different culture,” “It’s a different economic situation,” “It is too far away,” “Executions, bombs, kidnappings, extortion, just not happen in Mexico” they said.

Well, you all know what happened. 40,000 people killed in drug related violence in the last 5 years.

The same pattern is seen today in the United States. “What is happening in Mexico won’t happen here,” “It’s a different culture,” “Different economic conditions,” etc.

The fact is that drug violence is independent of all that. The problems Mexico is having can already be seen in cities close to the border.

Gang violence, domestic violence, money laundry, and addiction deaths are considered different issues, when they really are the other side of the same problem.

The size is also misunderstood. The kind of violence that is happening in Mexico is also happening in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Guatemala, Afghanistan, Pakistan and others. The problems the United States faces as a consumer country are also present in Spain, Great Britain, Italy, Swiss, Japan, etc.

The Taliban finances their weapon purchases and terrorist activities selling opium.

Drug addicts preach: “I’m free to do what I want with my body,” and forget they are financing assassins, performing an illegal activity, and making the problem bigger; not to mention the damage they cause to their families and themselves.

What about consumption? If the 40,000 dead mentioned above is frightening, consider that each year 30,000 people die in the United Sates for drug overdose. 30,000 people die in Russia each year for heroin consuption. Why aren’t those numbers mentioned everyday by the media, as the ones in Mexico?

Drug related crimes and accidents are present everywhere. Gang violence, family violence, assault, prostitution, money laundry, driving under the influence, etc. How many deaths are related to this? (If you know, tell me to post the numbers)

Fairness – Drug consuming countries see the problems in the production and distribution countries as something they are not related to. In fact, they are the ones that create the demand and pay good money to the traffickers, murderers, and kidnappers.

On top of that, consider the traffickers get their weapons and explosives from the consumer countries.

Respect – 30 years ago the most admired professions were: firefighter, policeman, doctor, teacher, all the way to the least admired one, politician. Today, we have firefighter, doctor, teacher as the most admired, and go all the way to the least admired ones finding policeman, lawyer, and politician at the end. What happened to the policeman profession? Is corruption taking its tool? Maybe that lack of respect makes more people brake the law.

How do persons who serve the community and even risk their lives for that, can be so misunderstood?

One of the objectives of this site and the book is to help change that perception to where it should be. To be back as one of the most admired professions in the US, Mexico, and everywhere.

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The main subject this blog will focus is Trafficking. Mexico, US, Colombia, Brazil, Thailand, Afghanistan, all. The reach is Global.

Drug Trafficking, illegal and legal.

Weapons Trafficking, illegal and legal.

Human Trafficking, from people being transported illegally to another country for a fee, to kidnappings, forced labor, prostitution, and pornography.

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Finally! The Smell of Duty book is out.