Mexico's Drug Cartels Are Now Seeking To Rule Mexico

Military and forensic experts inspect the body of a man who was killed outside a nightclub in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, August 31, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Alejandro Bringas

Mexico: Cartels Move Beyond Drugs, Seek Domination -- New York Times/AP

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- President Felipe Calderon said Wednesday that Mexico's cartels in many cases have moved beyond drugs as their main money-earner and are even trying to supplant the government in parts of the country.

Speaking at an anti-crime conference, Calderon said gangs are imposing fees like taxes in towns they dominate, extorting money from both legitimate and unauthorized businesses.

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