Fifteen people beheaded in Mexico, drug gang suspected

[Comrade Grumpy]

15. I don't know that they're growing in strength, but...

their ability to run the drug business and spread mayhem seems undiminished after five years of Calderon's drug war. The authorities have killed or arrested dozens of cartel capos, but it doesn't seem to make any difference. And the population of impoverished young people in Mexico provides an endless supply of cartel cannon fodder.

And the killing seems to be going on at about the same pace as last year, when about 15,000 people died. At least that seems to be leveling out, although having only 15,000 killed each year in the drug wars doesn't seem like much to write home about.