The Chaotic Country

Mexico is currently chaotic. Rival drug cartels fight for regional control while the Mexican government tries to reduce drug trafficking with the drug cartels. The drug cartels revolt against the authorities and kill and kidnap people for ransom money. Arrest of cartel leaders escalates drug violence while the cartels fight for territory control where they traffic drugs into the U.S. . President Felipe Calderon is having a hard time with stopping the importing of drugs and the violence going on week after week, which is the main goal he has with Mexico. Since Felipe has took control 28,00 people have died. The main drug cartels are The Beltran Leyva, La Familia, and The Gulf. The U.S. is partly responsible for the violence in Mexico. Ninety percent of the firearms originate from various sources in the U.S, seventy percent of Mexico's narcotics flow into the U.S., ninety percent of cocaine in the U.S. comes from Mexico. After tons of violence La Familia wants to demonstrate that they aren't responsible for the criminal acts federal authorities are reporting to the media. They said for the whole month of January they would not kill. By letter, emails, and the media, the truce has been spread to the citizens. The current state of Mexico, in my opinion is out of control and I think they need to protect the innocent people as much as they are trying to reduce drug trafficking. If I was in Mexico I would try to get to a safer place in Mexico or try to escape to the U.S.