Insatiable Demand

The Price Mexico Pays for America's 'Insatiable' Demand for Drugs

Deni Carise | Posted 05.25.2011

Deni Carise

The US fuels Mexico's drug earnings, which represent a full 10 percent of the country's economy. Each year, a whopping $25 billion in drug proceeds is smuggled into Mexico from the US.

Clinton: Mexico Violence Fueled By America's 'Insatiable' Demand For Drugs

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

MEXICO CITY — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday pledged to stand "shoulder to shoulder" with Mexico in its violent str...