Mexican police are investigating allegations that gangs are posting and taunting each other over the internet, on sites such as Youtube.com. Police are monitoring pages and assuring that the internet is kept clean of such activities as lynching, decapitation, and other gruesome scenes of gang violence. In 2006, more than 2,000 Mexican citizens died because of affiliations to gang violence, specifically drug gangs. Some videos have been found that show gangsters brandishing enemy heads, or standing over their rivals who have apparently been shot. Mexican President Calderon is doing everything he can to ensure that gang violence in Mexico is eliminated, dispatching troops to various known gang inhabited areas.
The steps taken here by the Mexican government seem appropriate for eliminating the actions and known behavioural patterns of Mexican gangs. As more and more people are being injured and falling by the wayside because of gang violence, the government involved must take charge. Dispatching troops to areas of Mexico that are infamous for gang violence is a great step and the sheer amount of troops being sent out (7,000 to Michoacan state, 3,000 to Tijuana) will surely help to eliminate casualties. The Youtube issue will surely die out, as Youtube has great policies for keeping inappropriate material off of their site, and does their best to keep any type of inappropriate media out. However, it will be difficult to monitor all facets of the internet and keep gang-related taunts off as the interweb is ever-growing and expanding.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6361899.stm
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