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Mexico. By Gabrielle Lashley. Mexico. All About Mexico. Mexico is a federal constitutional republic in North America. The capital is Mexico City, which is one of the world’s most populous metropolitan areas.
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Mexico By Gabrielle Lashley
All About Mexico • Mexico is a federal constitutional republic in North America. • The capital is Mexico City, which is one of the world’s most populous metropolitan areas. • Mexico is the fifth-largest country in the Americas and the 14th largest independent nation in the world. • The estimated population of this country is 109 million.
Felipe Calderon took office as President of Mexico in December 2006. • Calderon has been trying to clean up Mexico City’s greater urban area for nearly a decade. • During his presidency, he has provided periodic crackdowns, including a nationwide war against the drug trade in 2006. • Even after huge anticrime marches, crime is still one of the key difficulties destroying the 20 million people in the area.
This was seized from a ship in Manzanillo, Mexico in 2007. 26 tons of cocaine, which is more then $400 million worth on the street. This is the biggest drug bust on record for Mexico.
"These days (narcos) think nothing of killing us for no reason other than marking their territory," says one commander who quit the force after seeing his fellow cops murdered and concluding that police reform was hopeless.