Collateral Damage: Mexico's war on drugs blights resort of Acapulco

A look at the impact of the drug war in Acapulco on everyday life.

The Guardian: "Acapulco's bay sparkled and the big hotels that line the beach glinted in the sunlight in the view from Marino Casiano's tiny flat high in the hills above the resort.

... But life scraping by on the edge of the tourism economy is now also shrouded in the personal tragedies, pervasive fear, and additional financial woes associated with one of the major fronts in Mexico's drug wars." read more