Failed Nation-Building in Mexico - The American Conservative

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : On paper, Merida also addressed border security, but this "pillar" of the plan was largely ignored as the mammoth undertakings of breaking the drug cartels and rebuilding the criminal-justice system consumed valuable political will and operational trust on both sides.
48% : Moreover, expending valuable political will on grappling with Mexican institutions distracted us from bringing more security to the southern border, which should have been Washington's primary objective.
47% : The border wall between San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico.
39% : However superior the Anglo-American adversarial system, if indeed it is, its superiority was not enough to overcome cartel intimidation and corrupt practices -- the reality that pervades criminal justice most everywhere in Mexico.

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