Mexican drug traffickers may have missiles

Here's the latest in a very long list of reasons to be concerned about our southern border:

As Mexico's president wages what he calls the "mother of all wars" on violent drug cartels, there is a concern that the powerful Gulf Cartel has a new weapon in its arsenal: anti-aircraft missiles. President Fox 's plane or commercial airlines are possible targets, as detailed in a January report by the private intelligence firm Strafors. According to the report, 80 of the Soviet-made anti-aircraft missiles were sold on the black market in Nicaragua by a rogue member of that country's military.

The issue of illegal immigration is about more than cheap labor or drug smuggling. It's a clear threat to the security of American citizens. If these missiles can fall into the hands of drug runners, who's to say some enterprising al-Qaeda thug couldn't get his mitts on one?