EDHS Contemporary World Affairs

the article mentions that drug cartels target mines because they are "easy prey" to whatever they needed. I am glad that the Mexican government is taking a lot of action on drug cartels, but by shutting down the many of the mines, I think it's more detrimental in the long run. With the iron industry flat-lining, the economy is going to take a hit, not to mention all the now unemployed workers whose families need their incomes in order to survive. It's not like the mines willfully gave up their mining operations to the drug cartels; these cartels threatened and extorted from them and endangered the mining workers. By driving fear in the miners, drug cartels could easily make use of the mines for their nefarious purposes. Given that the mines are sources for work, shutting them down is just punishing the victims who may not have had a choice against the drug cartels.