drug war in mexico

Drug war in Mexico

I have been trying to stay up on this topic ever since it started for the main purpose that I want to become a police officer, so this topic really interests me along with staying up to date with what is going on in the world around us. As of may 8 of 2008 Commander and Commissioner Edgar Milan Gomez who was the acting chief at the time was found dead with eight bullets in his chest. In 2008 there have been 170 local police officers killed by drug traffickers. There have been more than 5,000 in 2008 which is a 117 percent increase over the 2,477 killings in the same period in 2007. “The majority of the killings have occurred in the border states of Chihuahua and Baja California, where traffickers have sought to wipe out rivals on the streets of Juarez and Tijuana, and in Sinaloa, this is home to the most powerful cartels in the country. So what does the president of Mexico Felipe Calderon, who instigated the massive increase in drug war violence, have to say about all this? The president has vowed to stay the course, portraying the violence among gangs and attacks on the police as a sign of success rather than failure.”