Calderon’s sending the army to Acapulco and other areas seems to have slowed the drug gang killings of late, says the Statesman’s Mexico City correspondent Jeremy Schwartz:
"The operations have met with mixed success. Even critics acknowledge that soldiers have brought order to some far-flung pockets that have long existed beyond the rule of law. While experts warn it’s too early to tell, it seems as though the pace of drug killings — more than 2,000 in 2006 — has slowed since the military was unleashed."
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