At least nine people were killed in drug related violence in Mexico. <br /><br />These deaths, on Wednesday, add to the many thousands killed over the past three years in Mexico.<br /><br />Acapulco is a tourist destination frequented by Mexicans. <br /><br />Since 2010, it has increasingly been gripped by violence as warring drug cartels <br />battle for control of the drug trafficking market.<br /><br />Accross the border, Mexico's drug war festers less violently. Signs of the drug trade can be gauged from the increasing number of corrupt American officials identified. <br /><br />Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports from Columbus, New Mexico.
