Mexico is about to fail, It will mean the USA will have one more battle on it's hands. Time to focus. This is more important than Afghanistan or Iraq. Mexico will become a fester on the elbow of the USA. There is no other choice

Special report: If Monterrey falls, Mexico falls

Mario Ramos thought it was a bad joke when he received an anonymous email at the start of this year demanding $15,000 a month to keep his industrial tubing business operating in Monterrey, Mexico's richest city and a symbol of progress in Latin America.