Whos to Blame for Mexicos Narcoviolence

Its been decades in the making. Organized crime has infiltrated law enforcement and governmental agencies; former police and federal agents are now the hired killers of drug cartels; and politicians have been paid to turn a blind eye.

A recent editorial in the Mexican newspaper El Universal urged action against the drug traffickers and the corruption that protects criminal organizations, including the financial networks in charge of money laundering.

The newspaper also attributes part of the blame to the U.S. government. "Ninety percent of the weapons sent to Mexican drug traffickers come from the United States and enter through Nogales, El Paso and Yuma, but they are invisible to U.S. authorities who are busy persecuting the undocumented, the newspaper noted.

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