Essay Sample on Violence and Terror on the Southwest Border

Introduction

Over the years, the United States-Mexican, border characterized by robust and viable legal commercial activities, and despite the permitted activities, the border site of a massive and continuous eruption of violence and increased rate of terror crime. According to Noriega and Madison, (2017) on these violence and terror activities are characterized by factors ranging from among others, illicit drug trafficking and human smuggling networks, terrorist infiltration, corruption as well as human smuggling networks.

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Illicit Drug Trafficking Organizations

In Mexico, there are various Drug Trafficking Organization, and these organizations characterized by continuous conflict among themselves, the Mexican drug cartels. As Finklea, (2013) states, this violence and terror is elevated by drug trafficking-related violence within and between the drug trafficking organizations in Mexico, U.S Southern border.

These drug smuggling organizations in Mexico often engage in conflict and struggle to be the kingpin and control of the smuggling routes into the U.S, and for this reason violence, terror and other forms of threats become the primary means for settling disputes in Southwestern border (Finklea, 2013). The violence is often experienced in this region because the region is the arrival region for the majority of these illicit drugs smuggled into the U.S.

Terrorist Infiltration

The United States Southwest border mostly characterized by ever-present infiltration of terrorists. The Federal government has revealed that there are hundreds of illegal immigrants from nations known to sympathize and sponsor of terrorism often apprehended entering the United States to the Southwestern border yearly through illegal smuggling (McCaul, 2006).

Corruption

In general understanding and as far as crime is concerned, Corruption fuels all crimes in any sector of the economy and further, corruption itself is a crime. According to U.S Department of States, regarding Narco-Trafficking and War on Terror, Criminal and terror organizations have a huge chunk of financial resources and use such funds to corrupt government and law enforcement officials mostly in regions that have proved difficult to control and manage (Luna, 2008). This involvement in corruption is evident when under tight security at the U.S Southwestern, Mexico border, these drug trafficking organizations tend to bribe law enforcement officers to gain illegal entry into the U.S corridors.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the activities of the criminal and terror network organizations pose a threat to the United States' national security, and for this insecurity reason, the Federal government must take steps to secure its Southwestern borders, and the U.S borders as a whole. Concerning the Southwestern border, the Federal government must combat these increasingly powerful, sophisticated, and violent criminal instigated network of a drug cartel, and to completely stop their illegal smuggling activities into the country.

This security concern can is achievable through among others, enhancing border patrol through technical surveillance, promoting both domestic and international policies to prohibit illegal entry into the United States, partnerships and sharing of intelligent information among Federal, State, and local law enforcement departments, as well as enhancing intelligence capabilities and information sharing with Mexican counterparts.

References

Finklea, M. K. (2013). Southwest Border Violence: Issues in Identifying and Measuring Spillover Violence. United States Congressional Research Service, 7-6259. Retrieved from https://fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R41075.pdf

Luna, D. M. (2008). Narco-trafficking: What is the nexus with the war on terror. Retrieved March, 28, 2009. Retrieved from https://2001-2009.state.gov/p/inl/rls/rm/110828.htm

Noriega, F. R, Madison, K. D. (2017). Kingpins and corruption: Targeting transnational organized crime in the Americas. American Enterprise Institute. Retrieved from http://www.aei.org/publication/kingpins-and-corruption-targeting-transnational-organized-crime-in-the-americas/

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Investigations, & McCaul, M. T. (2006). A Line in the Sand: Confronting the Threat at the Southwest Border. Subcommittee on Investigations, House Committee on Homeland Security. Retrieved from https://www.colliersheriff.org/home/showdocument?id=13605