GALLERY: Stand Up to Stop the Mexican Drug War

The people of Mexico unite to defy the cartels.

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Women of the Downtown Chihuahua Resistance

Photo by Tomas Bravo/Reuters

Silhouettes of Lost Children

Photo: Tomas Bravo/Reuters

Lives in Chalk Lines

Photo: Tomas Bravo/Reuters

On the Cross of the Drug War

Photo: Reuters

Victims of Femicides Immortalized – in Cardboard

Photo: Tomas Bravo/Reuters

Candles for Disappeared Women

Photo: Tomas Bravo/Reuters

No More Drug Ghosts

Photo: Reuters

Death Wants Life in Juarez

Photo: Henry Romero/Reuters

Talk Isn't Enough

Photo: Henry Romero/Reuters

A Silent March for Change

Photo: Tomas Bravo/Reuters

More than 40,000 Mexicans have been slain in a barbarous war for control of that country's production and distribution of illegal drugs. Law enforcement has been infiltrated, government institutions have been corrupted, and the general public has little recourse in combating the brazen narco gangs.

The United States has offered military reinforcements. U.S. appetites provide the market for the drugs. U.S. laws create the criminal culture of the drug industry. Weapons manufactured in or trafficked from the United States arm the warring factions.

Rather than wait for Uncle Sam to solve the issue, the people of Mexico are taking to the streets in solidarity against the conflict that is sundering their nation.