Whack-a-mole: Mexico rethinks drug strategy as death toll soars

This article is an excellent review and analysis of the impossible position in which Calderon's drug war and US prohibition of drugs has placed Mexico and the crisis to which this is leading.

Mexico rethinks drug strategy as death toll soars: "The drug war in Mexico is at a crossroads. As the death toll climbs above 28,000, President Felipe Calderon confronts growing pressure to try a different strategy - perhaps radically different - to quell the violence unleashed by major drug syndicates." August 15, 2010, McClatchy Newspapers/Miami Herald