defense of his military assault on organized crime in an unusual public faceoff Thursday with his biggest critics: sometimes weeping relatives of murder victims who blame the government for the bloodshed.Poet Javier Sicilia, who lost his son to drug violence in March, opened the publicly televised exchange by demanding that Calderon take the military off the streets and apologize to victims for a failed strategy that he and others say have caused more than 35,000 deaths since Calderon took office in late 2006.
from The Associated Press: Mexico president defends attack on organized crime
then Reuters: Mexican president apologizes to drug war victims
then CNN: Mexican troops replace police in half a state that borders Texas
then Forbes: Would Legalizing Marijuana Stop the Drug Violence in Mexico?
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