The country of Mexico is experiencing loads of violence due
to the drug war that is going on within the country. The violence continues to
worsen as days pass. Authorities as well as citizens are shaken up about all
the violence and want it to be laid to rest. Just last week a couple of headless
bodies were found in a minivan near a mall entrance in plain sight. Last year Guadalajara and Veracruz had several bodies slain and these
cities were considered to be safe. This violence is occurring because of a Turf
War that is going on between two big drug communities. Mexico has called on the
United States for help because the country no longer knows how to stop the fatalities
from happening. The president of Mexico may not be able to hold his spot as
president because he has not done enough to stop the violence. Therefore, his
own people are turning on him. Over the past six years this drug war has left
over 47,000 people dead. Mexico military and police officials are stepping in
to take control and try to put an end to the drug trafficking.
I believe this is a big issue for
Mexico and the government is trying to put an end to the issue quickly, but
just as it did not start over night, this problem will not end over night. The
president is in a bad position because he now has people turning on him because
they do not feel he was doing his job. Since him being elected in 2000 he has
not done enough to put an end to the violence. I feel that now he is up for
re-election he is really trying to buckle down on the issue. Although violence
has calmed down in some of the bordering cities, as the article states, this has
become a competition of which drug group can shed the most blood. An end should
have been put to this a while ago.
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