With all the media chatter about threats to America from Nork nukes and such, it’s easy to forget the ongoing dangers posed by our thuggish neighbor to the south. Breitbart had a chilling headline this week about increased cartel violence: U.S. Border Agents Warned of ‘Open Warfare’ with ‘Grenades’ in Mexico at Texas Border . Mexican drug violence is back with a vengeance, and the country is on track to have 25,000 murders this year.

We need the Trump Wall built, no matter how much Mexicans squawk about having their easy access to US jobs and freebies cut off.

Illegal border crossings spiked up 27 percent in May after falling precipitously after the Trump election. Perhaps illegal aliens just discovered they wouldn’t be shot on sight while breaking into Trump-run America.

Just how violent is Mexico these days? RT colorfully headlined (6/22): 3 killed every hour: Mexico’s murder rate reaches 20-year high.

Fox News reporter William La Jeunesse explained the background and present situation with our neighbor: