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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 871863" data-attributes="member: 12952">Expert: Drug Gangs Control Half of MexicoBy Julian Rodriguez MarinMEXICO CITY – Violent crime has become a problem of&nbsp; national security in Mexico, where half of the territory is outside of&nbsp; state control and “we’re in the hands of the narcos,” an intelligence&nbsp; expert and author of a new book on Mexico’s public safety woes, said.Jorge Carrillo Olea, founder of Mexico’s leading intelligence center,&nbsp; said the “state has lost territorial control, and therefore&nbsp; governability,” over roughly 50 percent of the country.The government has been incapable of fully enforcing the law and&nbsp; ensuring justice is upheld, said Carrillo, who spoke to Efe while in&nbsp; Mexico City to promote his new book, “Mexico en riesgo; una vision&nbsp; personal sobre un Estado a la defensive” (Mexico at Risk: A Personal&nbsp; Vision of a State on the Defensive), published this year by Grijalbo.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 871863, member: 12952"] [B]Expert: Drug Gangs Control Half of Mexico By Julian Rodriguez Marin MEXICO CITY – [/B]Violent crime has become a problem of national security in Mexico, where half of the territory is outside of state control and “we’re in the hands of the narcos,” an intelligence expert and author of a new book on Mexico’s public safety woes, said. Jorge Carrillo Olea, founder of Mexico’s leading intelligence center, said the “state has lost territorial control, and therefore governability,” over roughly 50 percent of the country. The government has been incapable of fully enforcing the law and ensuring justice is upheld, said Carrillo, who spoke to Efe while in Mexico City to promote his new book, “Mexico en riesgo; una vision personal sobre un Estado a la defensive” (Mexico at Risk: A Personal Vision of a State on the Defensive), published this year by Grijalbo. [/QUOTE]

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