The Mexican cartels have grown increasingly bold in recent years, building submarines to move up the coast of Central America and digging elaborate tunnels that both move drugs north and carry cash and U.S. high-powered assault weapons back to fuel the drug war. Channeling her long experience working on border issues, Longmire brings to life the very real threat of Mexican cartels operating not just along the southwest border, but deep inside every corner of the United States. She also offers real solutions to the critical problems facing Mexico and the United States, including programs to deter youth in Mexico from joining the cartels and changing drug laws on both sides of the border.

Author's note -- List of acronyms and abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: War inside Mexico -- 2: Drug trafficking in the twenty-first century -- 3: From Mexico to Main Street: an illegal drug's journey into America -- 4: Biggest armed force south of the border -- 5: Second-biggest moneymaker for cartels: kidnapping -- 6: Mexican people -- 7: Felipe Calderon's plan to save Mexico -- 8: Fight to stop cartels north of the border -- 9: Marijuana growers in the United States -- 10: Restoring faith and taking Mexico back from the Narcos -- 11: Improving security along the border and beyond -- 12: Conclusions: Managing a war that can't by won -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.