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Cartels at WarMexico's Drug-Fueled Violence and the Threat to U.S. National Security\nAuthor(s): Paul Rexton Kan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Potomac Books Inc, United States\nImprint: Potomac Books Inc\nISBN-13: 9781597977074, 978-1597977074\nSynopsis\nNow in its sixth year, the conflict in Mexico is a mosaic of several wars occurring at once: cartels battle one another, cartels suffer violence within their own organizations, cartels fight against the Mexican state, cartels and gangs wage war against the Mexican people, and gangs combat gangs. The war has killed more than 60,000 people since President Felipe Caldern began cracking down on the cartels in December 2006. The targets of the violence have been wide rangingfrom police officers to journalists, from clinics to discos.\n\nGovernments on either side of the [url] Mexican border have been unable to control the violence. The war has spilled over into American cities and affects domestic policy issues ranging from immigration to.