Polls suggest that Mexicans are becoming sceptical of Mr Calderón's insistence that he is beating the drug gangs.

民意调查显示，墨西哥人已经开始不相信卡尔德隆一定能够打败贩毒组织。

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And Rio has another big enemy: militias run by retired and off-duty police and fire officers now control as many favelas as the drug gangs.

而且，里约热内卢还有另一个大敌︰退休和休假警察与遭解职的官员现在组织民兵，他们控制的贫民窟数量与贩毒帮派一样多。

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If he has indeed been murdered-or if he were to be held hostage for months-the pressure on Mr Calderon to rethink the intensity of his assault on the drug gangs might well grow.

如果他被谋害或者被绑架数月，这会给卡尔德隆带来很大压力，使其反思他对贩毒组织的猛烈打击，或许以后会出现些许变化。

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In many cases,police and soldiers sent to fight the drug gangs have been accused of working with the criminals.

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Back when I was coming up, there were a lot of gangs. There were a lot of, you know, the drug thing.

回想我长大的年代，那时有很多帮派。发生了许多与毒品相关的事情。

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The Obama administration has boosted the number of federal agents and augmented other resources along the U.S.border with Mexico in response to the increasing violence by drug gangs.

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Since late 2006, some 45, 000 soldiers have been deployed to take on the drug gangs.

BBC: US drug aid to Mexico faces delay

The wealth and weaponry of the drug gangs dwarf the resources of the state.

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The drug gangs' gunmen apparently retreated ahead of the operation and there appeared to be little resistance.

BBC: Brazil drugs raids: Police surge into north Rio slums