Mexico citizens feel government losing war against drug cartels
A majority of citizens in Mexico feel that the government is losing the war on drugs to drug traffickers.
A majority of Mexicans believe violent drug gangs are winning a war with President Felipe Calderon’s government after one of the worst months on record for killings, Reforma newspaper reported on Sunday.
According to a poll by the newspaper, 53 percent of Mexicans think that drug traffickers hold the upper hand against government forces which are trying to clamp down on cartels that ship drugs to the United States.
Only 24 percent said they believed the government was winning the battle. The remaining 23 percent gave no opinion.
