Internal safety of Mexico: the Drug Violence

Gun attack at Mexico student party leaves 13 dead
This article from BBC News talks about a shooting at a high school party in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The attack is assumed to be drug related because Ciudad Juarez is next to a main drug smuggling route into the United States; though there is no immediate connection between the party and the drug cartels. According to witnesses, four SUVs drove up to the house and about fifteen people with guns stormed the party shooting mercilessly into the crowd of kids. The dead are between 15 and 20 years old. Eleven children died and two adults died, many more were injured.
The government has sent 45,000 troops and extra police to fight the violence that has fumed all across the country. The murders and attacks have become daily occurrences in many regions of Mexico, and though the troops and officials have lessened some of the violence, there are still large amounts of attacks and killings that make life, economic and political stability hard to hold onto in Mexico.
For Comparative Government, these attacks and murders are important to look at in discussing Sovereignty, Authority and Power in Mexico and in looking at Citizens Society and the State. The shooting at this high school party in Ciudad Juarez, and all of the shootings and violence that have occurred, have effected the quality of life in Mexico, and the feeling of security among it's citizens. This hurts the civil society because it makes people feel unsafe and less like a community. It also effects the legitimacy of the government, because it's people do not feel like the government is acting effectively to protect them, and in many cases citizens know of or believe there to be corruption in the police and in the government. This war on drugs is very important to look at in Comparative Government for all of these social and political reasons.