Mexican Drog War

The **Mexican Drog War** (kent as the **Mexican War on Drogs** an aw; ) is an ongoing asymmetric low-intensity conflict atween the Mexican govrenment and various drug trafficking syndicates. In 2006, whan the Mexican militar began intervenin, the govrenment's principal goal was tae reduce drug-related violence. The Mexican govrenment haes assertit that their primary focus is on dismantlin the pouerfu drog cairtels, raither than on preventin drug trafficking an demand, whilk is left tae U.S. functionaries.

Awtho Mexican drog trafficking organisations hae existit for seiveral decade, thair influence increased efter the demise of the Colombie Cali and Medellín cartels in the 1990s. Mexican drug cartels nou dominates the wholesale illicit drog market an in 2007 controlliy 90% of the cocaine enterin the United States. Arrests of key cairtel leaders, particularly in the Tijuana an Gulf cairtels, hae led tae increasing drog violence as cairtels fight for control of the trafficking routes intae the Unitit States.

Federal law enforcement haes been reorganised at least five times syne 1982 in various attempts tae control corruption and reduce cartel violence. Durin that same period, thare haes been at least fower elite special forces creatit as new corruption-free sodgers wha coud dae battle wi Mexico's endemic bribery seestem. Analysts estimate that wholesale earnins frae illicit drog sales range fraw $13.6 tae $49.4 billion annually.
The U.S. Congress passed legislation in late Juin 2008 tae provide Mexico with US$1.6 billion for the Mérida Initiative as well as technical advice tae strengthen the naitional juistice seestems. By the end of Felipe Calderón's admeenistration (December 1, 2006 – November 30, 2012), the offeecial daith toll o the Mexican Drog War wis at least 60,000. Estimates set the daith toll abuin 120,000 killt by 2013, nae including 27,000 missing. Syne takkin office, Andrés Manuel López Obrador declarit that the war wis ower; housomeiver, his comment wis met with criticism as homicide rates conteenad in heich nummers.

## References

## Further reading
*Atuesta, L. H., Siordia, O. S., & Lajous, A. M. (2018). "The "War on Drugs" in Mexico: (Official) Database of Events between December 2006 and November 2011." Journal of Conflict Resolution. 
*Vulliamy, Ed, *Amexica: War Along the Borderline*, Bodley Head, 2010. 
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* Gutierrez Aire, Jose, "Blood, Death, Drugs & Sex in Old Mexico," CreateSpace, 2012. 
* The Last Narco, book about the current phase of the drug war by journalist Malcolm Beith.
* Hernández, Anabel, *[https://www.amazon.com/Narcoland-Mexican-Lords-Their-Godfathers/dp/1781680736 Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords And Their Godfathers]*, Verso, 2013. 

## Freemit airtins

* Map of Mexican Drug War violence
*  An academic paper examining both the emergence of kidnapping as a drug war spillover, and statewide variance in Mexico's kidnapping statutes.
* The Mexican Zetas and Other Private Armies – written by the Strategic Studies Institute.
* Mexico page on InSight Crime. Ongoing reporting on Mexico's drug war and involved cartels.
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* The Atlantic: Mexico's Drug War
* George Grayson, "Mexico's Elite Must Commit to Fighting Drug Cartels", Foreign Policy Association Headline Series.
* Juarez, City of Death, City of Hope
* Cocaine Incorporated June 15, 2012