Concens About "Spillover" caused by the Mexican Drugwar

Reading through blogs this one really caught my eye, Concern about 'spillover' from Mexican drug fighting belated, naive this blog is written by Scott Henson. This is basically about the sudden concern with the drugwar in Mexico, that really isnt anything new. And Henson makes many valid points to back this up. And I can actually relate to him on an example he presented , stating how his friends just traveled into Mexico for and had no issues. I personally was in Del Rio (border town) for a week, literally 5 min away from good ol Mexico and not once did I fear anyone or felt insecure while I was there, I even took an afternoon jog and went to the lake where as a matter a fact the have an open gate to Mexico that sometimes has border patrol and other times does not from what I hear, so how perfect is that for our good ol mexican drug lords right. But I did feel alot safer in Del Rio than in Houston or even in my apartment complex here in Austin, funny but true.
Seems like the media just wants to scare people away and I totally agree with Henson's allegations. I believe that if you are not inovoled in the drug buisness than theres nothing to worry about espescially safety when in Mexico, but if your already involved then good luck! But drugs have been here for a while, the drug lords are well established its no secret or anything new. He does a great job in not only quoting the DTO (drug tafficking organizations) but also the Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan that the United States is fully aware of whats going on and does not take a genius to realize that yes there are drugs around us everywhere and no this did not happen from day to night, eventhough Gov. Perry speaks of a spill over as if our borders had never had these issues before.
Henson does a wonderful job with his evidance to back up his findings, as far as statical numbers and also towards the efforts of border towns alongside of law enforcement working together without DTO in the mix. This is a great article, Henson is very passionate and oppionated about his stand and I couldnt agree with him more there are drugs in America, everywhere, can we get rid of them ... Not a chance.. but can we reduce it.. possibly..