Collateral Damage: Echoes of Mexico's Drug War

This article reflects on the reverberations in professional class Mexico of the war on drugs.

Echoes of Mexico's Drug War - By Christina Larson | Foreign Policy: "About 90 percent of the violence has taken place in a handful of northern counties, far away from the swimming pools and gated villas of Puebla. Yet, these two Mexicos -- the privileged and the desperate -- are not so far apart as it may seem. ...

In Mexico City, I spoke with Gabriella Gomez-Mont, an artist and senior TED fellow, who explained the cultural echoes of drug violence this way: "To see death and violence every day on the TV and newspapers, you think it doesn't affect people? Some people feel directly threatened, but for others it simply opens up an imaginarium of violence. There is a sense of impunity people feel. Even crimes not related to drugs ... are becoming more violent." " Nov. 16, 2010