We will not betray the trust the President Felipe Calderon has given us
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A soldier secures the perimeter of a crime scene, background, where nine decapitated bodies were founded in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008. Beheadings, kidnappings and daylight shootings have become common in the border cities of Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez as drug cartels fight over smuggling routes into the United States. President Felipe Calderon has sent some 40,000 troops and federal police across Mexico to try to stop the killings.
Mexico's President Felipe Calderon (R) sits next to Mexico's Security Minister Genaro Garcia Luna (C) and Interior Minister Fernando Gomez Mont during the National Security Council meeting in Mexico City November 28, 2008. Mexico admitted on Friday it has made little progress fighting a wave of violent crime, the latest grim assessment of President Felipe Calderon's push to make the streets safer.
Mexico's President Felipe Calderon is seen on two screens during the opening of the National Security Council meeting in Mexico City November 28, 2008. Mexico admitted on Friday it has made little progress fighting a wave of violent crime, the latest grim assessment of Calderon's push to make the streets safer.
Mexico's President Felipe Calderon (C) stands alongside Mexico's Security Minister Genaro Garcia Luna and lower house president Cesar Duarte (R) during the opening of the National Security Council meeting in Mexico City November 28, 2008. Mexico admitted on Friday it has made little progress fighting a wave of violent crime, the latest grim assessment of Calderon's push to make the streets safer.
An image of Mexico's President Felipe Calderon passes on two screens during the presentation of a report of the Security Council in Mexico City, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. According to governmental reports, although security has improved in certain areas, sixty percent of Mexicans feel unsafe living in their country.
Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, center, stands alongside Mexico's Public Safety Secretary Genaro Garcia Luna, left, and congressional leader Cesar Duarte, right, during the National Security Council meeting in Mexico City, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. According to governmental reports, although security has improved in certain areas, sixty percent of Mexicans feel unsafe living in their country.
The corpse of an unidentified woman was found gaged and tied on a street in Juarez, Mexico, on November 28, 2008, and it is assumed that her death is the result of a drug cartel dispute. After participating in a meeting on national insecurity, Mexican President Felipe Calderon stated that it was necessary to first end with criminal infiltration in police and judicial organisms in order to stop delinquency in the country. A recent government program has seen a kidnapping gang detained every 48 hours for the past 100 days, although so far this year 946 people have been kidnapped.
Felipe Calderon has no moral authority and does not legitimately hold power
Finally one government - the Felipe Calderon government - is doing something about it (the violence)