Mexico's Drug Wars -- A Hard Habit To Break

From Newsweek:

In the yard under the midday sun at Santa Marta Acatitla, a women's penitentiary on the outskirts of Mexico City, a prisoner dressed in a stylish beige pantsuit, Jackie O-style sunglasses and heels, heads over to the pay phone in the shaded corner. "Look," says one inmate, her eyes lighting up and her jaw dropping slightly. "La Reina."

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News From Other Sources:
Time to step up to Mexico's drug problem -- Arizona Republic
U.S. sees Mexico drug gang violence getting worse -- Reuters
Mexico's drug wars have cost thousands of lives and decimated police forces -- Houston Chronicle
Mexico Hits Drug Gangs With Full Fury of War -- New York Times (January, 2008)

My Comment: And I still do not see the light at the end of the tunnel.