The+Drug+War+in+Mexico

The Drug Wars in Mexico Mexico has a big problem with drug trafficing through out latin america and to the US. Some of the most wanted drug lords are from mexico, like Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman. He is one of the riches men in the world. Although you can get rich in drug trafficing, there are more homosides happening because of drug problems infact they have grown by 11% in 2011. In January 2012, the Mexican government reported that 47,515 people had been killed in drug-related violence since the president began a military assault on criminal cartels soon after taking office in late 2006.



However, in some cities the violence has slackened. Like along the border, including Ciudad Juárez, the bloodiest city, where homicides have been declining. Mexican officials say the decrease is proof that they are making headway, but analysts say it may have more to do with one rival group’s defeat of another, reducing competition and the bloodshed that comes with it.

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At an historic meeting with the latin america leaders, they had come to a conclusion that the war on drugs had untimatly failed and there needs to be a new way to fight the war with drugs. Mexico's president, Felipe Calderón, has called for a national debate on the issue. And many of the other leader agreed with him.

Predicting the traffickers’ next moves has become harder because many cartels have split into smaller groups. Based on a survey of messages left online and at the scenes of executions, Eduardo Guerrero, a Mexican academic, estimates that in 2007 there were 11 organised-crime groups active in Mexico, whereas in 2010 there were 114. Mr Murguía says that there could be ten different mobs operating in Juárez alone. Separating the big gangs from opportunistic youths is not always easy. Some teenagers are turning to amateurish extortion rackets because there are few other opportunities for good paying jobs.