Mexico's Drug Wars

Tijuana Strip Turns Ghostly In Wake of Drug Violence

Mexico's Drug Wars

From The Washington Post:

TIJUANA, Mexico -- A shop on Avenida Revolucion was once considered a surefire gold mine.

Day trippers poured over America's busiest border crossing, just south of San Diego, and bought mountains of jewelry, crafts and leather goods. Mexican families schemed to own -- or lease -- a piece of an eight-block stretch of the avenue, generally thought to be the most lucrative shopping district along the Mexican side of the border.

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News On Mexico's Drug Wars From Other Sources:
Mexico's Calderon bogged down in bloody drugs war -- Reuters
Seized Drug Assets Pad Police Budgets -- NPR
Plan to Aid Mexican Drug Fight Faces Stiff Battle -- ABQ Journal

My Comment: Drug policies and enforcement in both the U.S. and Mexico have been dismal failures. Significant portions of the U.S. population want drugs, and a significant percentage of the Mexican population wants to supply this need. Until the dynamics for this terrible industry changes, the violence, corruption, and economic dislocation that it produces will never change.