Mexico City Mayhem

Mexico City is withstanding some incredible blows to their police force as of late. Over the course of the past few weeks, 9 police officers have been killed in response to the government's persecution of drug cartels. The federal police are at a loss, it seems their power cannot overcome the violent attacks of those involved in illegal business relating to drug distribution. Among the 9 killed was the chief of the organized crime division.

This bloodbath was just one of a series of disturbingly violent attacks against the police since
President Calderón commanded the restoration of order in places abundant in drugs by troops and federal officers. He also instructed the cleaning up of corrupt local police forces.

In the past year, about 3,500 people have lost their lives, 200, or possibly more, of which were police officers.

It is incredibly terrifying that a city can be overtaken by Mexicans that hold a significant amount of power through their access to sizable amounts of money which could be used to bribe public officials, whom are very easy to bribe if you consider the financial state of most Mexican citizens and the increasing amount of local corrupt police officers in Mexico City. It makes you wonder why isn't the U.S. helping our neighbor who is in such obvious dire need of governmental help.

As much as the U.S. promotes their wide distribution of help allocated to those countries in need, it blows my mind that such obvious cries for help are ignored by our government, and countries involved in less severe situations readily recieve our funds and/or help.