Last Week, between Thursday and Friday, 85 people were murdered across Mexico. Making it the deadliest 24-hour period in President Felipe Calderon’s tenure. Mr. Calderón responded with his most extensive defense of his administration’s drug war, a 5,000-word missive published on the presidential Web site and in local newspapers that shifted some blame for violence to previous administrations and to the United States and insisted that backing down was not an option.
This week started no better for Mexico. On Monday, 10 federal police officers killed and more than a dozen others wounded in a clash with traffickers in Zitácuaro, a town in the central state of Michoacán. In another episode, 28 inmates were killed and 3 guards were wounded in an uprising led by detained traffickers in a prison in Mazatlán, in the Pacific state of Sinaloa, authorities said.
In his missive, Mr. Calderon was not kind to the United States. He said that our problems with drug addiction and our penchant for firearms has further increased the volatility and stamina of Mexico’s drug trade.
This week started no better for Mexico. On Monday, 10 federal police officers killed and more than a dozen others wounded in a clash with traffickers in Zitácuaro, a town in the central state of Michoacán. In another episode, 28 inmates were killed and 3 guards were wounded in an uprising led by detained traffickers in a prison in Mazatlán, in the Pacific state of Sinaloa, authorities said.
In his missive, Mr. Calderon was not kind to the United States. He said that our problems with drug addiction and our penchant for firearms has further increased the volatility and stamina of Mexico’s drug trade.
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