. >> it is estimated 45,000 people have been killed since president philippe calderon announced his war on drugs. they are proceeding to previously safe cities. >> the war in mexico is becoming increasingly dangerous and bloody. with of the government and its forces on one side and the inventory as drug cartels on the other. the people of mexico are caught in the middle of a conflict no one seems able to stop. it is no longer confined to the badlands of the border. 40,000 people have been killed since mexico's president picked a fight with the drug cartels. criminals have been a arrested, militaries have been deployed. the death is ever more gruesome. they used to boast that it was mexico's safest city. the almost empty beaches hotel almost a different story. 35 bodies were left on the main street in broad daylight. they have been bound, tortured, and killed. empty homes have been boarded up after they were used to hide corpses. >> more than 30 bodies were found in just a few days ago. it is part of an increasingly vicious battle that is taking place. as you can see, the marines have be