Mexico’s deadly drug war continues to tear the country apart as Mexican officials project that 2017 will be the deadliest year in the nation’s history since the government started releasing crime records two decades ago.
The Mexican government projects that by the end of 2017, over 27,000 will have died as a result of the violence that is fueled by drug cartels, The Dallas Morning News reported.
“The Mexican government has no or very little control over the cartels,” a top U.S. intelligence officer told Dallas News, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of his position. “I don’t think narcos get up in the morning and worry about what the good guys may do to them because they will get away with the crime. It’s impunity. No one pays for the crime. … The Jalisco New Generation is worrisome. They’re more violent, more aggressive and in an expansive mood.”
In 2016, Mexico ranked as the second deadliest country in the world with approximately 23,000 homicides reported, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ (IISS) Armed Conflict Survey. – READ MORE
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