Guerre aux drogues au Mexique : Quels résultats a-t-elle produit et comment les USA sont-ils impliqués ?

Felipe Calderón a lancé la guerre après avoir été élu en 2006. Et depuis lors, les USA ont donné au moins 1,5 milliards de dollars – mais la plupart des coûts ont été humains.

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Why did Mexico launch its war on drugs?

On 10 December 2006, the newly inaugurated president, Felipe Calderón, launched Mexico’s war on drugs by sending 6,500 troops into his home state of Michoacán, where rival cartels were engaged in tit-for-tat massacres as they battled over lucrative territory. The surge in violence had started in 2005, and a string of police and military operations by his predecessor Vicente Fox had failed to stem the bloodshed.

Calderón declared war eight days after taking power – a move widely seen as an attempt to boost his own legitimacy after a bitterly contested election victory. Within two months, around 20,000 troops were involved in operations across the country which initially attracted widespread support from communities tired of gun battles, gruesome execution-style murders and corrupt police.

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