Speaking after the funeral for the assassinated chief of the federal police, Mexico President Felipe Calderon vowed to continue the fight against drug traffickers.

From the New York Times:

After the service, Mr. Calderón, escorted by heavier security than usual, traveled to Tamaulipas State on the border with Texas, where drug dealers have clashed repeatedly with troops and the federal police, to send the message that his administration would not be intimidated by Mr. Millán’s assassination.

“Today I reiterate my promise not to retreat in the quest for a Mexico where order prevails,” Mr. Calderón said. “We must say, all Mexican men and women, together, enough is enough.”

At least four gunmen ambushed Mr. Millán early Thursday morning as he entered a courtyard of a building where he had one of his homes, an apartment where his grandmother and a brother also lived. He was shot nine times and died later at a hospital. His two bodyguards had remained on the street.

The entrance to the courtyard was on the street where he grew up. It is a rough, lower-middle-class neighborhood where many of his peers went into crime. His parents live across the street and he was well known among the neighbors.

The current drug war in Mexico claimed over 2,500 people last year. The drug cartels are fighting over the $23 billion drug trade in Mexico.