Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the United Nations Human Rights Council Universal Peer Review have all documented, with more or less evidence and precision, a proliferation of abuses and an absence of accountability for them. Of the more than 220,000 people arrested on drug charges since Calderón took office, three-quarters have been released.
在过去三年里有超过 1.5 万名墨西哥人死于这场反毒战争。对于战争中不断增多的权力滥用以及政府责任缺失行为，人权观察，大赦国际以及联合国人权理事会等组织国际定期监察等组织都有或多或少的证据和精确数字记录。在卡尔德隆上台后所逮捕的 22 多万人中，有 3/4 已经被释放。余下大约 6 万人中只有 2% 送法庭审讯并被判刑。