Mexican Drug War

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/4821006.html


I'm afraid I don't know what exactly is going on south of the border right now. Apparently drug lords are more powerful than I imagined, and the Mexican government has called out a sizable number (I have heard 24,000) federal troops to squash resistance.

Mexican internal politics were never my strong suite, but Americans should be aware that this is happening. Violence has a tendency to spill over the border; even if it doesn't it will affect the Mexican economy, which will in turn affect our own as well as tourists in Cancun.