The Spillover Is Real When a U.S. senator says cartel violence is “spilling over” and killing Americans, that’s not rhetoric. That’s recognition of a hard truth. For years, Americans—especially in border states—were told: The border is secure. The surge is manageable. The violence is contained. Now? A cartel kingpin eliminated. Retaliatory violence erupting in parts of Mexico. Americans in Mexico warned by the U.S. Embassy to shelter in place. U.S. intelligence support and special forces training operating in coordination with Mexican forces. Let’s be precise: the shelter-in-place warning applied to Americans currently in Mexico, not to Americans on U.S. soil. But that distinction doesn’t make the moment insignificant. It makes it sobering. Because instability just across our border can affect…
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