PRI candidate Enrique Pena Nieto is the favourite to win the presidential vote on July 1 [Reuters]
Is Mexico's War On Drugs Over? -- David Usborne, The Independent
An exhausted nation is set to elect a leader willing to deal with the cartels – and the US isn't happy. David Usborne reports from Mexico City.
Julia Fuertes digs into her handbag to retrieve a pair of earrings she has made at home. Simple circles of coloured card, they are adorned with photographs of a dashing man cut from celebrity magazines. He looks like an Mexican soap star, except that one day soon he might be running this country.
We are at a rally in a cavernous convention centre in the Santa Fe district of Mexico City for Enrique Peña Nieto, the candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI, in Sunday's presidential election.
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My Comment: The conflict in Mexico is primarily between the cartels .... not the cartels against the Mexican government. And while the military does conduct operations against the cartels .... the real bloodshed is between different groups battling for control of the drug routes to the U.S.. So .... will a new Mexican President make a difference .... probably not. But by avoiding the fight and holding back law-enforcement .... there is a good chance that the conflict may instead escalate .... and the bloodshed only becoming worse for the simple reason that it will be cartels ruling the streets .... and not the law.
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