Mexico Sends Soldiers and Police to Crack Down Drug Guns

墨西哥增派军警打击贩毒集团

The government of Mexico has ordered thousands of soldiers and federal officers to the western state of Michoacan to combat violent drug gangs. The gangs are believed to be responsible for a wave of killings, mutilations and beheadings in the state.

Interior Secretary Francisco Ramirez Acuna said Monday the government is looking to take back spaces that the gangs have seized. Drug traffickers have been fighting for control of parts of Michoacan state where they cultivate and transport marijuana, opium poppies and other drugs. They have killed hundreds of people. Mexican officials said the government intends to arrest drug traffickers and establish control points on highways and secondary roads.

墨西哥政府下令派数千名士兵和联邦警察赶赴西部的米切沃肯州，打击暴力贩毒集团。据信，这些贩毒集团在该州制造了一系列屠杀、碎尸和砍头惨案。

墨西哥内政部长拉米雷斯.阿库纳星期一说，政府计划夺回被贩毒集团占领的地方。贩毒者一直争取控制米切沃肯州的部份地区，在那里种植和贩运大麻、罂粟和其它毒品。数百人被贩毒集团杀害。墨西哥官员说，政府计划捉拿贩毒者，并在高速公路和次要干线上设哨卡。