Lawmakers in Mexico to Debate Drug Fight - by Elisabeth Malkin - NYTimes

NYTimes, by Elisabeth Malkin, Mexico City, 18/08/2010, excerpt/extracto.-

President Felipe Calderón plans to invite legislators to participate later this week in his continuing discussions with all of Mexico’s political establishment about how to win the war against the drug cartels, his office said Wednesday.

With the pace of killings rising, officials have backed off their effort to persuade Mexicans that the mounting death toll was proof that the government was succeeding in disrupting the cartels. Instead, Mr. Calderón set up the high-level forums in an effort to show that the Mexican government was willing to engage its critics and listen to suggestions.