Thursday, March 26, 2009

Stuck in the middle or blissfully unaware

Drug-related violence is surging in Mexico, where 40,000 soldiers have been deployed across the country to root out drug cartels. Beheadings, attacks on police, and shootings in clubs and restaurants are a daily occurrence in some regions. Some 8,000 people have died in drug related violence in Mexico over the past two years.
Meanwhile, in San Luis Potosi, home of Los Yañez, bordering several spheres of influences of drug cartels, yet not invaded, people live in blissful unawareness. No drug-related murders, no drug trade flooding the streets, no shootings and only the usual level of corruption.

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