A stranded passenger at the Ciudad Juarez airport passes a security checkpoint after a bomb threat closes the airport. Photo: Alejandro Bringas/WA TodayMexico President Wants To Win Drug War By 2012 -- Yahoo News/AP
MEXICO CITY – President Felipe Calderon said Thursday he wants to win the war against the world's most powerful drug gangs before his term ends in 2012, and disputed U.S. fears that Mexico is losing control of its territory.
In interviews with The Associated Press, Calderon and his top prosecutor said the violence that killed 6,290 people last year — and more than 1,000 in the first eight weeks of 2009 — is a sign that the cartels are under pressure from military and police operations nationwide, as well as turf wars among themselves.
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