The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
Jun 1, 2011
Whack-a-mole drug war: Inside Mexico's Drug Wars - Photo Gallery
Inside Mexico's Drug Wars - Photo Gallery - LIFE: "WARNING: IMAGES IN THIS GALLERY DEPICT EXTREME VIOLENCE. Not long ago, the name 'Acapulco' conjured images of bronzed jet-setters, romantic beaches, and cold margaritas. But since 2006, when Mexico effectively declared war on the country's drug cartels, Acapulco's sun-drenched dream has devolved into a nightmare. Here, LIFE.com presents photographs by one Acapulco-based journalist, Pedro Pardo, who has chronicled, day by day, his city's epidemic of violence in pictures of a singular, raw immediacy and startling virtuosity."
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