Citizens are exhorted by their government to denounce criminals, though 98.5% of criminal investigations are never solved. A recent poll showed that 59% of Mexicans believe that the government is losing the war that it declared, while only 23% support the government’s current course.
官方的说法是暴力是对抗贩毒集团的必然结果。但其他国家的确防止了贩毒集团向无辜民众发泄怒火。尽管墨西哥人得到的说法是暴力活动只发生在帮派内部，但可以判处死刑的罪名却不仅仅限于贩毒。政府告诫民众要声讨犯罪份子，但98.5%的刑事调查却永远没有结果。最近的民意调查显示59%的墨西哥人认为政府的反毒战争失败，只有23%的人支持政府目前的举措。