http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/world/americas/26mexico.html?_r=1&ref=americas&oref=slogin JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr
President Filipe Calderon of Mexico has made it his business to stop drug trafficing and police corruption in Mexico since coming into office in 2006. However, a string of drug related killings of police officers have people questioning Mexico’s ability to win its war on drugs. When Comissioner Edgar Gomez, chief of the federal police, was assasinated on May 8 it was a demonstration of the increasing power of the drug dealers as well as the continued corruption within the police. Mr. Gomez’s assasination was an inside job; the drug dealers were able to ambush him in one of his secret residences and kill him. In total 1378 people have been killed by drug cartels this year, and 4125 since Calderon took office. Many police cheifs fear for their lives becuase it is mostly high-ranking police officers who are being killed in the violence. While Calderon has an elite group of lawenforces in charge, as well as 3000 new recruits the thousands of corrupt officers still in the system are preventing real change and progress from happening in Mexico.
From this article it seems as though the author might be biased towards Felipe Calderon’s ability to end the drug violence in Mexico. It also seems as if the author doubts if there will be any real progress. Overall the article gives an objective account of what is happening in Mexico with the increasing drug violence.
