Visual Essay: Mexico's Drug Wars
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As drug wars continue to rage in Mexico, thousands of armed state policeman and military are deployed
Photo Credits: Suau, Anthony. Mexico’s Drug Wars: The Battle for Culiacan. Time.com. 28 Jul 2010. Web. 12 Nov. 2010Music Credits: Avery, Wesley. The Masquerade. Youtube.com. 15 Aug. 2010. Web. 13 Nov. 2010.
Mexican President Calderon has already deployed about 45,000 troops and 5,000 federal police to 18 states
Photo Credits: Suau, Anthony. Mexico’s Drug Wars. Time.com. 9 Aug 2007. Web. 12 Nov. 2010.
Statistics: “Mexico Under Siege.” Los Angeles Times. 8 Nov. 2010. Web. 12 Nov. 2010.
Fortunately, increased Police enforcement has impeded some trafficking routes.
Photo Credits: Suau, Anthony. Mexico’s Drug Wars: The Battle for Culiacan. Time.com. 28 Jul 2010. Web. 12 Nov. 2010
Headlines such as this one, meaning “Beheaded”, are common in Mexican newspapers
Photo Credits: Suau, Anthony. Mexico’s Drug Wars. Time.com. 9 Aug 2007. Web. 12 Nov. 2010.
28,228
The estimated number of people who have died in drug-related violence in Mexico since 2007
“Mexico Under Siege.” Los Angeles Times. 8 Nov. 2010. Web. 12 Nov. 2010.
Family and friends attend the funeral of a policemen who was murdered while attempting to search a
vehicle…Photo Credits: Suau, Anthony. Mexico’s Drug Wars: The Battle for Culiacan. Time.com. 28 Jul 2010. Web. 12 Nov. 2010
…which has resulted in more people getting involved in drug trafficking in an effort to
escape poverty.
Beyond thousands of deaths, Mexico’s drug wars have implicated the amount of
educational and job opportunities for youth…
Even though though drug wars have clearly created more poverty in Mexico, most
politicians have failed to acknowledge their detrimental effects on society.
If politicians would support treatment, education, job training, or anything else that might begin to restore those places in Mexico where the only economic industry remaining
is illegal drugs…
Then these people could have a different fate…
Photo Credits: Suau, Anthony. Mexico’s Drug Wars: The Battle for Culiacan. Time.com. 28 Jul 2010. Web. 12 Nov. 2010
Mexico’s citizens need to realize that many of their political leaders are not doing what is
necessary to win the war on drugs.
And that several of their politicians are also corrupt and have been bribed to
ally with drug cartels.