As Mexico’s epidemic of violence rages on, authorities seem powerless to stop it

With more than 26,000 murders this year, it is clear the president’s strategy of using the military to control the crime gangs has failed

The news came almost as fast as the bullets were fired: a judge murdered in cold blood; cartel members attempting a prison break; five people killed at a bar in a popular port city.

The surge in violence over a single weekend in Mexico brought a torrent of headlines that are increasingly familiar as powerful gangs battle for control of the country: shootouts, cars set on fire, bodies lying in the street.

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