That has led some security analysts like Fred Burton of the Austin, Texas-based global intelligence company Stratfor to question whether President Calderon can win this war.

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One of the most startling was the attack on the global intelligence firm Stratfor over Christmas, for which members of the loose-knit hacker group Anonymous claimed responsibility.

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Global intelligence analysts Stratfor say the Jalisco Nueva Generacion cartel has been expanding into the state and is fighting the Knights Templar cartel for control of the drug routes leading from the Pacific coast inland.

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