Mexican Corruption Complicates Drug War
The drug war against the drug gangs that have terrorized Northern Mexico and some border areas with the US isn’t helped by revelations that some of the recent violence was carried out by gang members who were formerly imprisoned.
That by itself isn’t noteworthy.
What is: the gang members were released and armed by the very prison guards and officials that were supposed to keep them locked up so that they could carry out these attacks.