-Mexican Drug Wars- The Final Post

              

Researching the Mexican Drug Cartels, our group had focused on its effects on Mexico’s community. Within the group’s first few blogs the group presented information about the dangers that were presented amongst Mexico’s drug wars and it’s job limitations, such as making journalism a dangerous job. There were several references about Calderon’s presidency in 2006 and how his initiative to end drug cartels ultimately made Mexico a much less peaceful place to live in. The group has also blogged about the increasing violence present in Mexico as the citizens begin to try to fight back with weapons of their own. Within this chaos we found out that this was affecting the community psychologically, especially the children. With the children now experiencing exploitation by their influenced peers at school, the Mexican childhood is not as safe or kid friendly as it used to be, but instead it’s become a life filled with the struggle to survive. Trying to curb the ongoing violence and its influence, the Mexican government‘s best efforts were the act of trying to legalize certain substances, such as marijuana.

Working as a group, I felt made the individual was able to focus on who the blog’s audience was—attempting to make it as interesting as possible. Knowing that a fellow classmate was going to read it, I tried to give them an easy read on a current event that I knew they might have not been familiar with. Researching things for my blog’s topic was hard for the fact that many of the articles had been about 6 months old. They weren’t as current as I hoped.

Usually my sources came from outside Mexico, rather than inside, maybe it was because it’s become increasingly difficult in Mexico to be a journalist. In fact, the most substantial information I received from inside Mexico had been YouTube tapes secretly taken by average citizens asking for help and explaining the corruption in their towns. In doing my research, I became really conflicted because I knew that there were many other upsetting stories out there in relation to the drug wars, in fact other wars as well. Some people never get the opportunity to voice out for help and now more than ever, I’ve felt we need to use the media more effectively. People need to be driven to do something about helping others rather than just feeling pity.