Mexico's Drug War Reveals How Politics Has Helped To Fuel This War

On guard recently were some of the 2,026 soldiers and 425 agents President Felipe Calderón of Mexico sent to Ciudad Juárez. Henry Romero/Reuters

In The Middle, And On The Run -- Washington Post

Both Mexican military, rival traffickers target man who once ruled a region.

PETATLAN, MEXICO -- As a two-term mayor and protege of the governor, Rogaciano Alva ruled this region with a pistol shoved into his belt. He exported truckloads of marijuana, opium poppies and illegal timber from the rugged Sierra Madre, and assembled a paramilitary army to enforce his will, according to law enforcement officials and residents.

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My Comment: It has taken 3 years of warfare and bloodshed to reveal the truth .... Mexico's drug cartels are either influenced by and/or controlled by certain political elites.