Check out this video clip on the Mexico drug war debate (on CNN) with the Mexican Consul General Reuben Beltran and former Mexican foreign minister Jorge Castaneda debate Mexico's drug war. They discuss security measures on the northern side of the border to prevent weapons entering Mexico which helps violence continue.

Also, here is a YouTube video of one selection from this last semester's Domenici Conference at NMSU. It's really long but it discusses U.S.-Mexico border issues and is introduced by Janet Napolitano.

And last...but not least....(this one is old but relevant to our class now and what we talked about last week!)

Juarez business leaders petition U.N. for help with drug traffickers

November 13, 2009 -- Updated 0331 GMT (1131 HKT)

The Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez has surpassed 2,000 homicides this year, figures show.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Juarez Association of Maquiladoras asks U.N. to send peacekeepers to restore calm
• Bloody turf clashes among warring drug cartels have claimed 2,000 lives this year
• Official says U.N. Security Council can only deploy forces for peacekeeping operations
• Unclear whether the United Nations can accept a petition from citizens of a country

(CNN) -- In the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, business leaders are so concerned about spiraling drug cartel-related violence that they have asked the United Nations to send in peacekeeping soldiers to restore calm.

More than 2,000 killings have been recorded this year in Juarez, with a population of approximately 1.5 million people. A bloody turf war between warring drug cartels that started last year has made the city one of the most violent in the world.

A representative from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Mexico on Thursday rebuffed the business leaders' petition, saying the international peacekeeping forces can only be authorized by the U.N. Security Council for peacekeeping operations, CNN en Español reported.

It was also unclear whether the United Nations, which is made up of member nations, could accept a petition directly from citizens of a country.

Despite the setback, the petition from the Juarez Association of Maquiladoras garnered headlines for what observers perceived as the desperation of the citizens of Juarez.

Maquiladoras are foreign-owned factories that build components of products that are usually exported elsewhere for completion. Juarez, which borders El Paso, Texas, has one of the highest concentrations of such factories.

According to statistics from local prosecutors, Juarez records about 10 murders a day. The bloodiest month this year has been September, with 476 killings reported.

See you guys tomorrow!