President says the killings are unavoidable in fight against drug dealers
More Mexican drug traffickers are killing one another, a fact, the nation’s president says, signals success in the war against drugs. “We are truly hitting crime’s operative structure. This is making it so that the gangs are fighting among themselves, and that is causing the deaths that are occurring in the country,” President Felipe Calderon told CNN. On Monday alone, suspected drug dealers killed 21 people in the state of Chihuahua, which is known as a hotspot. Since the beginning of the year, more than 1,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence, reports the news service. A top police official and four other officers died this month in a raid. Calderon believes that the violence is necessary to win the war on drugs. “It will cost human lives because we have decided to fight to rescue our country. That unfortunately will mean that some Mexicans will lose their lives,” he said. The nation has long struggled with rampant drug trafficking; Mexico has seized more money and more cocaine from cartels than any other nation and every year about 300 tons of cocaine makes its way across the border to the United States.

Nigerian oil field goes back to work after attack
Six days after being attacked by Nigerian militants, an oil field in the country continues production, reports the BBC. The Bongo oil field, run by energy company Royal Duthch Shell, produces a 10th of the oil coming out of the African nation. “We’re up and running on Bonga,” a spokesman for the company said. This comes after members of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (who claimed responsibility on the recent attack) called a ceasefire, at the urging of community elders, set to begin from midnight on Tuesday until further notice.