Cutting Down Crime in Mexico

In a January 27th Economist article reported that Felipe Calderón has wasted no time in working to cut down drug crimes in Mexico. Calderon has sent troops to Michoacán and Tijuana to take over for the police forces, who are seen as working for the drug mobs instead of against them. On January 19th Calderon extradited 4 drug kingpins to the United States for trial. He hopes that this crackdown will work on lowering the death toll in Mexico. Last year alone there were 2,100 deaths related to drug mobs. I believe that this new effort to decrease drug trafficking will be a positive thing for Mexico, I feel that not only will it work on decreasing the drug trafficking but it will also work on building up a better Police Force that will actually work on enforcing the laws.