Mexico's arrest of drug cartel suspects has become fairly commonplace. On Thursday, it was six suspected members of La Familia, based in Michoacan. A day earlier, it was a man identified as a top leader of the ruthless Zetas.
More than 12,000 people have been killed since Felipe Calderon became president.
More than 12,000 people have been killed since Felipe Calderon became president.
Whether the arrests are making any difference in President Felipe Calderon's war on the narcotraffickers is another question.
Some analysts see them as proof that Calderon was right to declare an all-out fight after taking office in December 2006.
"The most important thing is that the Mexican government is on the offensive," said Bernard Aronson, U.S. assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs from 1989 to 1993. "They're not in a state of denial. They're getting going."
Other analysts are not so sure, particularly since more than 12,000 people have been killed since Calderon became president.
"It's really more of the same," said John Mill Ackerman, a professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. "This doesn't necessarily give me confidence as to the success of government strategy."
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