With the subsequent collapse of the world economy, the new US President, stimulus package, and Gaza, the troubles in Mexico havn't gained much world attention. About a week ago, drug gangs broke into police radio frequencies and sent death threats to officers which they promptly carried out. They name the officer and then the officer shows up a couple of hours later with a bullet in his or her head. On Thursday, LA Times ran a map showing that there were 7337 drug related murders in the past two years. Now with the President Calderon’s call to an all out war on drugs, the death toll has topped even the count in Iraq. Many people are now questioning whether or not Mexico will even be able to finish the war on drugs before it collapses. This is following the news of the bond issue happening just a couple days ago. Nobody is even willing to buy the governments bonds after they were put up for “sale”. With their economy melting, drug cartels abounding, 45,000 troops killing, Mexico’s future looks…scary. The violence of the drug cartels have even come across the border with five men in Alabama tortured and killed over a drug debt of $400,000. 350 kidnappings have occurred in the past two years. Soon enough, we may not be studying Mexico as a “Developing Democratic Nation” anymore. "So far it hasn't turned up on President Obama's radar. But a collapsing Mexico off the southern U.S. border can't be ignored forever."
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