Recent media reports have brought attention to the U.S. border with Mexico and the crisis brought about by an exploding and increasingly dangerous drug trade. Examples of this crisis include countless reports of local Mexican officials being murdered by those associated with the drug trade in Mexico. While much of the intelligence focus in the U.S. for the past seven years appears to have been upon the Middle East and South Asia, a crisis does exist on the U.S. southern border with Mexico and requires dedicated intelligence analysts and federal agents to ameliorate the situation. This article explains the current border crisis along with the Obama administration plan to address this situation, as well as some analysis on how intelligence agency