 Since 1980’s Columbian Drug Lords have used Mexico as trade route  Spike in killings connected to arrest of Osiel Cardenas  Corruption in local police, lack of fed support  Murder rates double between

 Drug- cartel related deaths decrease  Many leading mafiosi have been captured and killed. 12 out of 37 kingpins remain at large.  Mexico spends 5 billion pesos on security and social development  Drop in murders  There are more jobs, keeping people out of gangs.  They replaced the old written justice system and brought in oral trials, making trials faster

 Targeting cartels heads of contract-kills  Comparison current