Pubdate: Sat, 01 Jan 2000
Source: Time Magazine (US)
Copyright: 2000 Time Inc.
Contact:  Time Magazine Letters, Time & Life Bldg., Rockefeller Center, NY,
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Website: http://www.time.com/
Author: Kathy Anderson
Related: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99/n1325/a12.html

MEXICO'S DEATH VALLEY

Readers of your report on Mexico's drug cartels (World, Dec. 13) might
believe that those who live along the U.S.-Mexico border lead lives
totally dominated by the drug business.  Silly me, I thought I was
among hundreds of thousands of people in El Paso and Juarez who work
every day at responsible jobs, earn honest dollars, come home to
drug-free families, volunteer in the community, give to charity and
aren't involved in criminal activity.

Kathy Anderson
El Paso, Texas
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