Photo Gallery Mexico at War
The Mexican government has been using its military to fight the nation's drug cartels for about four years. It isn't working. The military is part of the problem, say some critics, though the occasional mission removes a kingpin. But President Felipe Calderón has no one else to trust.
The small Mexican border town of Ciudad Mier resembles a ghost town a month after warring cartels in Mexico's northern Tamaulipas state made the streets dangerous. The Mexican army has moved in to secure the city, but some residents fear the cartels could return as soon as the soldiers leave.
Foto: Janet Jarman / DER SPIEGEL
Ciudad Mier is a border town known for drug smuggling, but Monterrey, to the southwest, has a business community and highrises. The bodies of two young men lie in a public park after being shot to death by unidentified assailants in the municipality of Apodaca on the outskirts of Monterrey, Dec. 1, 2010.
Foto: ASSOCIATED PRESS/ Carlos Jasso
A group of people kidnapped by alleged drug traffickers are escorted to freedom by members of the Mexican army in Sabinas Hidalgo, north of Monterrey.
Foto: Dario Leon/ AFP
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