John Ackerman on Why Mexico's Drug War Has Claimed So Many Lives Paul Jay - TheRealNews
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John Ackerman: Mexico's government estimates 26,000 people have gone missing since 2007 and as many as 70,000 killed in drug-related violence. (TheRealNews)

In Mexico City around ten days ago, 11 young people were kidnapped in a nightclub. They've yet to be seen. A report issued by the Mexican government says more than 26,000 people disappeared during the Calderón regime. Most of them are presumed dead.

How did Mexico become such a state? Narco gangs, violence, mass killings - how did Mexico get there?

Joining Paul Jay to discuss all of this is John Ackerman. He's a professor at the Institute for Legal Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He's also a columnist for Proceso magazine and La Jornada. He's editor in chief of The Mexican Law Review.

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