On December 9, for example, according to the daily newspaper Reforma , 40 people died in firefights between police and army forces and the drug cartels. More than 6,500 fatalities will have occurred this year alone, topping last year’s total, which was double that in 2007.
时至今日，越来越多的墨西哥人开始认同这个观点。随着战争进程的不断推进，国内的暴力行动不断升级，而战争的积极效果却连影子都没有。根据《改革报》报道，光 12 月 9 日一天就有 40 人在军警与贩毒集团的火拼中死亡。而今年一年估计会有 6500 多人在冲突中死于非命，不但超过了去年的总和，更是 2007 年的两倍。