Interviews from Mexico, hosted by Laura Carlsen, goes straight to the source -- the men and women making news and making history in Mexico and throughout the region. Today she speaks with Alejandra Insunza and Jose Luis Pardo, the authors of “Narcoamerica,” a new book based on personal stories that reflect what they learned in their travels through 18 countries and 47 cities. They discuss the role different regions play in this transnational business, the fragmentation of the large cartels as a backdrop to ever-increasing violence, the failure of current government drug policies, and the fact that in many cases it’s hard to tell where the State ends and organized crime begins. This is not only a Latin American phenomenon, say the authors. In Texas, too, the sheriffs are allied with the drug traffickers. The authors believe the attack on the Ayotzinapa students marked a turning point for many people, including a small but growing number of journalists who have been moved to assume social responsibility this and similar situations. teleSUR