The Mexican drug war is an armed conflict that takes place between the armed forces of the Mexican drug cartels and the government of Mexico.

The Mexican drug trafficking organizations have existed in the country for decades. They became considerably more powerful and noticeable in the late 1990s with the collapse of the Colombian drug cartels of Medellin and Cali. Currently, the Mexican drug traffickers control the illicit drug traffic on the territory of the US.

Mexico in its self is a relatively small producer of heroine and cannabis. But Mexican traffickers control the majority of the flow of heroine, cocaine, cannabis and methamphetamine in their northern neighbor. According to some data only the cocaine produced in Colombia and shipped to the US by Mexicans amounts from 13 to 50 billion American dollars.

The first series of open violence started with the key arrests of high position drug leaders of the Tijuana and Gulf cartels. This started from the year 2000. Under the government of the Mexican president Vincente Fox a small contingent o army troops were sent to the US-Mexican border to fight the cartels. They had very limited success. The next period of 5 years was marked by the violence between the Gulf and Sinaloa cartel as well as the establishment of the Michoacan cartel.

In the end of 2006 the government policy towards cartel violence tolerance changed dramatically. The newly elected president Felipe Calderon sent a military force of more than 6,500 troops to the troubled area of Michoacan to stop the fighting. This started the official war between the army and the drug traffickers. The local, state and federal police were further reinforced to a number of 45,000 people.

So far the anti-trafficking war has been obscured by allegations of corruption and bribery among the police and Special Forces which were supposed to fight the dealers in the border region. Major cartel battles have taken place in Tijuana and Morelia.Exotic Car Rental Miami seo agency

This has prompted even more troops to be sent to the troubled regions. On the other side of the border the American National Guard has also reinforced it position aimed at not allowing the drug related violence to spill over the border.

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