[quote=peterb]Dont look now, but I think Mexico is in somewhat of a civil war. At least by violent death standards.
Yes, and in states without immigrants, of any legal status, nothing gets done that pays less than $10/hour. (sarcastic remark)[/quote]

Peter: Mexico is not in a civil war. They’ve had an active insurgency movement in some of their southern provinces (the Zapatistas) for some years now (when I was in the Army in the 1980s we trained Mexican Army officers for counterinsurgency operations), but the violence you’re seeing right now is a result of an on-going drug war between rival factions for control of distribution routes and territories.