Pubdate: Sat, 01 Jan 2000 Source: Time Magazine (US) Copyright: 2000 Time Inc. Contact: Time Magazine Letters, Time & Life Bldg., Rockefeller Center, NY, NY 10020 Fax: (212) 522-8949 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 - --- MAP posted-by: Derek Rea