Mexican drug culture and machismo.

I thought you might like to read a good story about how things are going south of the boarder. It looks like the whole Mexican nation in on the brink of anarchy thanks to drugs and the bought and paid for local law officers. It appears that all the power of the Federal government is incapable of stopping the slide into corruption and lawlessness.

Mexico’s war on drugs: Journey into a lawless land – Americas, World – The Independent

With 1,400 dead this year alone, and gangs pinning up ‘wanted’ posters naming police they wish to see killed, Mexico’s war on drugs is spiralling out of control. Richard Grant risked his life to travel through the mountains of the Sierra Madre – the most dangerous region of all – and witnessed the terrifying slide into anarchy

The largest component of Mexico’s economy is still drug trafficking, estimated at about $50bn. According to a leaked study conducted in 2001 by Mexico’s internal security agency CISEN, if the drug business was somehow wiped out, Mexico’s economy would shrink by 63 per cent.