it s a very strong message. 24 hours from now the president of mexico is scheduled to arrive to this city to talk about the drug cartels and the security here. i m going to tell you he s got a pretty full plate because there is there are a lot of people wondering what can be done to stop this problem? jose, i know security officials have said the victims were obviously targeted. yes. are the mexican leaders asking for more help, more equipment, more financing from the united states to help them with this war? reporter: it s amaze tlg are already 2,000 members of the mexican army in that small 1.3 million size city and they couldn t do anything about it. the question is, what else can be done? and there are some conflicting opinions as to how to best deal with what a lot of people here are saying is a reality in the mexico/u.s. border. jose diaz balart, thanks for joining us today. great reporting as always. and tomorrow homeland