Here are the headlines of three separate stories appearing in the Austin media this week. One details a long running investigation into a Lebanese family that runs several downtown very popular bars. A second story knits together three separate arrests by the Austin police to contraband trafficked on IH 35. The third story is of a missing traveler from San Marcos, Texas who is overdue to return from a visit to family members in Monterrey.

The Dots provide the complexity of the dimensions of spillover violence from Mexico. The Connection requires one to see the impact of low employment and education levels in Mexico, the attractiveness of the American market for drugs and the aggressiveness of the Cartels to increase vertical control of the movement and sale of their products.

Investigators link nightclub owner, associates to drug deals, militant Islamic group, homicide case

APD puts massive drug bust loot on display

Lockhart man still missing after trip to Mexico

Many still function under a normalcy bias of the community and Mexico that was familiar some years ago. These three articles all coming in one week signal times have changed.

These stories are simply a view of an iceberg. The iceberg is far larger and more complex that one can readily imagine. Here is another view from a different perspective: Central Florida