joining us to discuss this are renowned mexican investigative journalist, annabel hernandez, an author of several books, including narco land, the mexican drug lords, and they're godfathers, and maria mcfarlane sanchez moreno, senior legal advisor at human rights watch focusing on the americas us and canada. she's also the author of there are no did hear a story of murder and denial in columbia. thank you both for joining me on up front, annabel. i'm going to start with you a back in 2006 mexico, former president, philippe called their own launched a u. s. backed war on drugs in the country dispatching the army and federal police to combat drug violence. but it actually had the opposite effect of violence increased in since then. more than 300000 people have been killed. and more than 90000 people had been registered as forcibly disappeared. despite the initiatives to supposedly stop the drug war and billions of dollars and us aid, why does the violence continue? well, ah, really is a separate complex in explanation. but for me, there for a main em issues that caused that they did the