1. Police corruption has allowed cities to deteriorate
   1. La frontera
2. Why is this happening in the first place?
   1. The need for drugs is high
      1. America's insatiable demands
   2. America's war on drugs
      1. Border has many gun stores
3. Cronicas
4. Bibliografia annotada
   1. The making of a narco state
      1. Operación limpieza
         1. Shows that the government can't handle enforcing the law
      2. Corruption from the top down.
         1. Interview at Mexican U.S. Embassy
      3. $5,000 per year - low wages
         1. Provides need to be corrupt
      4. Santa Muerte
         1. Group which includes drug traffickers and police
      5. Interview with Backgrounder
   2. A Fighting Chance
      1. Lives of people affected by war
         1. Father w/ family in El Paso/Juarez
      2. Solutions to the problem
         1. Legalization of marijuana
   3. Under the volcano
      1. Discussion of wages/police recruitment