This is getting to be a big enough of a problem to have a thread about, IMO.
50,000 deaths since 2006! Source. That blew me away. That's about roughly the same number of deaths from the conflict in Iraq over the same period of time. Recently, Mexico's president called on the U.S. to crack down on weapons since they leak into Mexico and fuel the war. The same president is the one who launched the war against the cartels in late 2006; he will be leaving office sometime this year I understand.