Video 7/7 Observations: The Future of Mexico????

Video 7/7 Observations: The Future of Mexico????

Note: This is the last commentary on the BBC video - Mexico's Drug War 2010 with Katya Adler.

This last segment of the video focuses on the future of Mexico; it shows hope.

The video centers on two persons of interest, both of whom seem to represent the best of society. One is a lawyer, now mayor. The other person is a new female police officer.

Of the two personalities, the female police officer catches ones attention. She’s a single mother. Her husband was killed by criminals in front her young son. His death appears to be one of the major motivating factors for her joining the local police force. She is also interesting because she appears to be the only police officer willing to go on camera to speak with BBC, according to the BBC interview. She is a symbol of courage.

Despite this courage, we have to look at trends and indicators for what the future will bring.

Of all the police officers standing in formation in the video, one has to ask the following question. How many of them are already colluding with the criminals/cartels by will, or by force.

Since this video, have the crime rates gone down in the area where this new police force graduated?

How many of these policemen continue to serve? How many of them are on-the-take?

Can the mayor walk about town freely?

Do the people support their local police, and do they trust their police to protect them?

The answers to these questions do not appear in the video, but it will be interesting to see if BBC does an update to this piece.

I want to also highlight this video series concentrated on just a few areas of Mexico, and on one organization. Most zones of violence have areas where violence may be nonexistent. For instance, the Kurdish territory of Iraq has been one of the safer areas of Iraq despite many of the suicide and car bombings that have made the country seem too dangerous to visit.

This does not lessen the severity of the situation in Mexico, it simply implies that problems exist and they should not be ignored.




The Three U.S.-Mexico Border Wars: Drugs, Immigration, and Homeland Security (Praeger Security International)

Mexico's "War" on Drugs: Causes and Consequences (Studies on the Impact of the Illegal Drug Trade)

Inside Mexico's drug war.: An article from: World Policy Journal

MEXICO'S DRUG WARS KEEP TOURISTS AWAY.(Main): An article from: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)

Zares. (elogios hacia México sobre lucha antidrogas son falaces)(TT: Czars) (TA: praise for Mexico about the anti-drug war are fake): An article from: Proceso