A major issue of the 2012 Mexican election was how to stop the cartel violence.

Since the war began, over forty thousand people have been killed as a result of cartel violence.

"The biggest myth in all of this is that it's cartel on cartel violence," he said.

After all, you know something's wrong when you're slightly disillusioned by the lack of druggies, crack houses and drug cartel violence.

Although violence between drug cartels had been occurring for three decades, the Mexican government held a generally passive stance regarding cartel violence through the 1980s and early 2000s.

The reality is that a porous border makes us vulnerable to terrorists, Weapons of Mass Destruction, cartel violence, and human trafficking.

In addition to influencing indegineous reporting, United States' reporters have stopped covering the drug war and cartel violence as well.

Their propaganda is widespread and most effective in areas where cartel violence is dense and police protection and resources are weak.

The banner was address to two particular blog sites that were being used to report uncensored stories about cartel violence.

Although journalists are being attacked and threaten for reporting, those that do report were asked to censor their stories so as to not popularize the cartel violence.