The Importance of Border Security in Mexico

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There's still some drug trafficking, there's extortion. But another big thing is people smuggling. This has got very lucrative. Small business owners have to pay some of their money in bribes. So all in all, it affects all of Mexico and all of Mexicans in every way.

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