Mexico drug war in numbers ‘looks increasingly worrying’
The drug war in Mexico is getting worse and the battle between the police and gangs has reached unstoppable proportions, according to one commentator.
Friedemann Schirrmeister, an analyst at the Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research in Germany, said on Monsters and Critics News: "The war can't be won with military force alone. Plenty of high-ranking bosses have been shot – and nothing has changed."
To date, figures show that more than 40,000 deaths have occurred due to the rising conflicts between drug cartels and their victims, as well as the authorities attempting to stem the violence.
Furthermore, it is believed that an estimated $25 billion a year is made in criminal profit, much of which is generated from drug trading, human trafficking, kidnapping and extortion.
Earlier this year the gangs in Acapulco targeted teachers in a bid to get half of their salaries for gang money to fund the illicit activities.
Malcolm Beith, author of a book on Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin 'El Chapo' (Shorty) Guzman commented that the widespread corruption and violence across Mexico has led to a unique and symbolic negative relationship between crime and politics.
