Two Americans killed at US Consulate in Mexico in drive-by shooting
Thirteen murdered in Acapulco, including five machine-gunned police. Eight others were shot, four were beheaded.
Last summer, a friend with major business and family ties in Mexico said Mexico City was getting dangerous, but the port cities were still safe. Looks like that is no longer true. Would you do to Acapulco on vacation now?
Mexico drug cartels make 75% of their profits from marijuana. Legalize it and you cripple them. But there are powerful financial interests in the US who will oppose legalization because they of the huge profits they make laundering the money.