Drug trafficking game causes controversy in Mexico

Lawmakers seek to ban their marketing

After a game about illegal will cause outrage among pro-immigrant groups, the controversy has erupted again south of the border.

Ubisoft, a company with more than 15 years in the industry of video games , announced the launch of Call of Juarez: The Cartel , an adventure shooter aims to bring all the action of the Wild West to modern times with characters who act out law.

According to the official website of the game, users can take the law into their own in a journey that will take them from California to Ciudad Juárez. When crossing the border will be necessary to take part in the war against drug trafficking in the most violent city in the world.

In response to the announcement of Call of Juarez: The Cartel , Chihuahua state legislators disagreed and asked federal authorities to prohibit the marketing of the game in Mexico. During the past four years, violence has increased dramatically in the south of the border, killing more than 30 000 deaths and an overpopulation of prisons around the country.

It is not the first time that Ubisoft was inspired by the Aztec nation to create a video game. In 2006, the games of Ghost Recon led the fight to Mexico City with a series of Advance Warfighter , where the U.S. army entered the capital to restore order.

Call of Juarez: The poster will be available this summer with a price of $ 60 for consoles Xbox 360 , PlayStation 3 and PC.

Do you think it right for a game to address the issue of drug trafficking in Mexico?

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How about Mexico solves its problems and then they won't make games about those issues.

what he said

why sure let em take a swing at their wand *swing*

Now Mexico is fixed.

Well, a good deal of the problem is the drug demand in the US

This...

Games, like other forms of Media needs to be uptodate...

Games haave a right to make whatever they want, just like movies and paintings and any other form of entertainment media.

I don't mind it selling elsewhere, though I don't really like the idea of it selling in Mexico. Many more kids and teens will find it cool to kill and join a cartel; thats reality and there is few regulations when it comes to buying video games in the United Mexican States.

Hmm let's see:

- american boys killing russians/taliban/koreans = cool game

- somone killing mexicans = oh no controversy.

Sounds like politicall corectness bullshit and double standars for me.