Capture or Kill Operations in Mexico

The Washington Post reports on the DEA's cooperation with Mexican marines on capture/kill operations against Mexican drug lords.

History shows that strategic manhunts or decapitation campaigns are more likely to be successful if they utilize indigenous forces. Also, the national security threat posed by the rise of a putative narco-state in northern Mexico has not typically been understated because of political correctness attendant to the debate regarding immigration reform in the United States.