BBC News is reporting on an increase in violence within Mexico, specifically within the past week. Over 50 people have been murdered this past week alone, raising the total to 7,000 for the year 2010. These murders make it the bloodiest year since President Felipe Calderon has been in office. However, it is unknown whether all of these murders are drug and gang related. The shooting in the capital has raised alarm for Mexican residents about a drug war that seems to not be as heavily reported. Attorney general Miguel Angel Mancera has said, "We would like to reassure the population that we are going to find those responsible." Overall, the Mexican drug war has been a topic of conversation in the news since 2006 when the Juarez and Sinaloa cartels erupted into a turf war.
--Emily Goodfellow.
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