Inside Mexico's Drug War

After summing up the magnitude of drug trafficking in Mexico, noting the increasing violence marking it, discussion turns to a history of the key players & identification of those in conflict with each other. Recounting "Black Thursday" in the town of Aguascalientes serves to illustrate the increased violence between drug gangs & the government. Attention is given to the emergence of private security interests & other extrajudicial organizations, eg, the State Police Intelligence Corps (CIPOL); looking to Colombia, where Mexico's drugs wars find their roots, for solutions; & the US Merida Initiative. Adapted from the source document.