Interior minister : Violence is related to fighting between the Zetas and the Sinaloa cartel . More than 47,000 people have died in drug-related violence in Mexico since December 2006 , when Calderon announced plans to deploy troops in efforts to combat cartels . `` We have had a series of inhuman and despicable acts , '' Alejandro Poire says . Poire : Mexico will not retreat from its efforts to crack down on organized crime . The Mexican government has been trying for years to eradicate drug cartels in Mexico.
Interior minister : Violence is related to fighting between the Zetas and the Sinaloa cartel . `` We have had a series of inhuman and despicable acts , '' Alejandro Poire says . Poire : Mexico will not retreat from its efforts to crack down on organized crime . The Mexican government has been trying for years to eradicate drug cartels in Mexico.