As an habitant of Juarez, one of the cities that was hit the most with Calderon's war against drugs, this is insulting. We all know it's impossible to end drug

As an habitant of Juarez, one of the cities that was hit the most with Calderon's war against drugs, this is insulting. We all know it's impossible to end drug trade. That's why most cities had this sort of "understanding" with the cartels. They move some stuff around, they leave the people alone and everything works out (e.g. Though Juarez had a lot of Drug related crimes before the "war on drugs", it was mostly contained, but still we had a lower than average rate for other types of crime like armed robbery and such). But this wasn't about the wear on drugs, this was about territory: The local government had deals with the local cartel, but the Sinaloa cartel started fighting for more territory, allegedly with the aid of the army/federal police. Suddenly Juarez is impossible to live in, not because of all the narco murders but because federal agents and armies are stopping you every three blocks and suddenly you have a lot of blackmail, threats, etc coming from the guys that are supposedly there to protect. We knew they were not there to end the drug problem, they were there as a part of it, and we know it's impossible to end it, but it's better to have it out of sight, out of mind. Now he's leaving and of course he had to come up with a conclusion like this. I just hope cities get back to the balance they had from before the war and this drug traffic problem stops spilling to the general population. As long as there is a market there will be someone to fill the need, and being the next door neighbor we're sadly in a good position to have those kinds of people. Yes Mr. Calderón, it's impossible to end drug trade, you knew it, we knew it, this is not news... And yet you had us suffering in fear and crime for six years just because you wanted to help some buddies and look as if you were actually doing something.