Collateral Damage: Mexico drug war prompts choice between 'silver' or 'lead'

The story of a Mexican mayor who tried to stand up to the cartels.

Mexico drug war prompts choice between 'silver' or 'lead': "Politicians and law enforcement officials in Mexico are increasingly being forced to make a choice between 'silver' or 'lead' - bribe or bullet - in the state's growing battle against powerful drug cartels.

Last August, Santiago's mayor Edelmiro Cavazos, 38, was kidnapped and was forced to make a choice between 'silver' or 'lead.' Cavazos, who was a successful and idealistic lawyer, chose the latter and his body was found near a waterfall outside his town, a popular weekend getaway for residents of the industrial city of Monterrey." Jan. 20, 2011, International Business Times