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Mexico’s drug war — The Big Pic­ture — Boston​.com In Decem­ber of 2006, Mexico’s new Pres­i­dent Felipe Calderón declared war on the drug car­tels, revers­ing ear­lier gov­ern­ment pas­sive­ness. Since then, the gov­ern­ment has made some gains, but at a heavy price — gun bat­tles, assas­si­na­tions, kid­nap­pings, fights between rival car­tels, and reprisals have resulted in over 9,500 deaths since Decem­ber 2006 — over 5,300 [...]