On the other side, however, Mexico is waging a war. When President Felipe Calderon began his military efforts against the drug cartels in 2007, he did so because his own nation was essentially a captured state. Now, as cartels target civilians to undermine support for the government, Calderon is facing internal pressure to let the cartels alone. The fight has already claimed 34,000 civilian lives.
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