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Mexico has been besieged by gigantic drug cartels that have been causing widespread violence in the country. Drug violence in Mexico has been particularly alarming in 2009. It is said that there are two kinds of cartel wars in Mexico: the government of Mexico vs. drug cartels and the various cartels fighting one another. This is for the obvious reason [...]

Nearly 1,800 soldiers recently arrived in the Mexican city of Juarez to stop the violence that has been plaguing Mexico because of the existence of drug cartels. Found on the US-Mexico border and in the state of Chihuahua, Ciudad Juarez has become the country’s most violent city. In 2008, the city of Juarez recorded the highest number of murders linked [...]

Drugs is a huge issue in Mexico. For the past year alone, approximately 5,000 deaths occurred in the name of drugs. The country is a very strategic transshipment point for narcotics. There are also thriving illegal drug production and distribution networks in Mexico. The state of drug proliferation in the country has reached an alarming rate. The country [...]