The Mexican Drug War

The Mexican drug war has been a long and deadly fight between the Mexican government and the cartels in Mexico. Most of the war has been fought on the border of Mexico and the U.S.making small border communities ghost towns. The reason why these people are leaving is because of the extreme violence this war has brought on to Mexico. From 2006 to 2012 there has been 63,000, deaths related to drug violence in Mexico. The war has left its mark on the people and on the government of Mexico. The government and the people of Mexico have been affected by this long war. .

The people of Mexico have been affected greatly by the drug war because many have been killed. To begin this year has been a really hard year for the people of Mexico. The death
To start, many of the citizens blame the government for the rise of the drug cartels. The reason is many of the officials are afraid of the cartels because they commit many violent acts against people who try and get in their way. The cartels have made handwritten letter threats to officials threatening them if they ever tried and stop them that they would kill them. Which has created uneasiness for officials. Another reason is these Cartels are extremely violent and have been compared to the terrorist group Isis. The reason why is these groups are known to kidnap American immigrants who travel to Mexico. Also their attacks are extremely violent and they torture their victim. The reason they do all of these brutal attacks to convey a message to anyone who tries and stop them.The Cartels have used violence to intimidate the people of Mexico and many of its officials making the fight to stop the war more of an uphill battle. In conclusion, the Cartels use violence and intimidation to slow down the government's
The corruption in Mexico is very high right now because of the Drug war. To start many plans that Cartels have usually go over the government and authorities in the town the Cartel is placed in. Another example is Mexico's own line of security their authorities have been arrested for being involved in the Cartels or having the Cartels product on them. The Citizens are afraid that the Cartels are bigger than then the government and will eventually take over because of all the Public officials afraid to try and stop them because they have gotten so powerful and violent. Even the government is agreeing with this, in a speech Mexico's president Calderon said that the problem has grown this year. In conclusion the corruption in Mexico is at an all time high because many of the officials are afraid to stop them, which then causes more drug trafficking in the country making the Cartels