Collateral Damage: Mexico drug war worsened by organized crime's tight grip on politics

This article hits some nails on the head.

Mexico drug war worsened by organized crime's tight grip on politics - CSMonitor.com: "'Organized crime has not just penetrated police bodies but [also] government spaces at all levels.… It is one of the biggest problems complicating the fight against drug trafficking,' says Alberto Aziz Nassif, a specialist in democracy and civil society at the Center for Research and Higher Education in Social Anthropology in Mexico City. 'There are no clear boundaries. The boundaries have been erased by corruption and impunity.'" Nov. 5, 2010