(Photo: Rebecca Blackwell, AP)Last year?s capture of Mexican drug kingpin Joaqu?n ?El Chapo? Guzm?n led to a surge in homicides in Mexico as cartel leaders fought to fill the vacuum created by his arrest.
Mexico had just started emerging from its bloody battle with drug cartels, with murder rates dropping for four consecutive years from 2011 to 2014.
Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted by army soldiers on Jan. 8, 2016, to a waiting helicopter at a federal hangar in Mexico City, after he was recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico.
"The only question now is how (Trump) will continue to work with Mexico to address this shared responsibility.
Read more:Mexico experienced its worst period of violence starting in 2007, when then-President Felipe Calder?n announced an aggressive campaign to fight against the country`s drug cartels.
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