Mar 30, 2010 9:00 am129 views
The recent murder of three people with ties to the U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, presumably by gunmen in a drug cartel, has drawn the attention of top U.S. officials. Last week, key cabinet members of the Obama administration met with Mexican president Felipe Calderon to discuss the worsening drug-related violence on the U.S./Mexico border. Anthropology and Latino Studies professor Alejandro Lugo, the author of an award-winning book about working class border life and death in Ciudad Juárez, discusses the causes of, and potential solutions to, the violence that threatens both nations. News Bureau Life Sciences Editor Diana Yates compiled the questions.