Healing Mexico - Improving Human Rights, Rule-of-Law and Gender Equality in the United Mexican States

On 3 February 2020, nine people - including three children aged 12, 13 and 14 - have been killed when gunmen opened fire in a video game arcade in western Mexico. The four gunmen were apparently searching for specific targets, but then opened fire indiscriminately on customers. The attack occurred in the city of Uruapan, where violence has reached shocking proportions. Investigators also found the decomposed bodies of 11 people in clandestine graves in Uruapan. Also - on January 31 2020 - in Uruapan, gunmen attacked a municipal police patrol, killing one officer and wounding two others. That attack may have been retaliation for the arrest of a Viagras gang leader - on the same day - who has been implicated in 19 murders. Turf wars between the Jalisco and Viagras drug cartels have bloodied Mexico for several years. Hence it is imperative that an effective multi-national anti-cartel strategy is implemented - with the assistance of the international community - to restore rule-of-law and human rights in Mexico.