In United States sales alone, Mexican DTOs profit around $14 billion to almost $48 billion (qtd.
It became even harder for Mexican government officials to establish themselves as law-abiding figures in the eyes of citizens once many had been accused of benefiting from drug trafficking organizations’ (DTOs) illicit drug sales. President of Mexico (2000-2006), Vicente Quesada Fox. The types of fraud linked to PRI-affiliated presidents included, amongst many, electoral tampering, secret bribes, unlawful grants, and secret funds (Glade, 741 Note 1). A group founded on the basis of maintaining balance between social equality and social hierarchy, the Institutional Revolutionary Party gained a notorious reputation of corruption through scandals that respective members carried out as presidents. Throughout previous 71 consecutive years, it seemed that Mexican presidents only represented the political party Institutional Revolutionary Party or PRI ( BBC News). In the year 2000, Vicente Fox assumed Mexico’s highest public office while representing the National Action Party (PAN) and ended a longstanding dominance of the nation’s presidency. A Government Approach Against the Drug Wars Jepté Vergara -Benitez