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Mexico Seeks a Way Out of Its Drug War
Mexico's war on drug traffic is failing, and its violent cartels have gone multinational. Can local and national government maintain control? How can the US help its southern neighbor from becoming a failed state? Also, Congresswoman Maxine Waters goes on the defensive, and the prospects for same-sex marriage in California.
Mexico's war on drug traffic is failing, and its violent cartels have gone multinational. Can local and national government maintain control? How can the US help its southern neighbor from becoming a failed state? Also, Congresswoman Maxine Waters goes on the defensive, and same-sex marriages may begin again next week in California… or they might not. We unravel the legal possibilities.
Banner image: Police officers place markers next to the bodies of several men killed by drug traffickers in the bar in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on April 28, 2010. Photo: Jesus Alcazar/AFP/Getty Images