Whack-a-mole drug war: El Salvador Grapples With Upswing In Drug Traffic

Part 2 of NPR's series on the drug war in Central America: El Salvador

El Salvador Grapples With Upswing In Drug Traffic : NPR: "As Mexico's drug cartels come under sustained attack by President Felipe Calderon's forces at home, several of them have started outsourcing. Los Zetas and the powerful Sinaloan cartel have been expanding their operations in Central America, where security forces often lack the resources to confront them.

The World Bank warns that the Mexican cartels pose a huge threat to development in some of the poorest countries in the region, like El Salvador."