Drug war creates "medium risk," says Mexico

Bloomberg - Mexico’s increasing violence poses a risk to the nation’s credit rating in the “medium term” and may threaten economic growth, Mauro Leos, an analyst at Moody’s Investors Service, said. Moody’s probably won’t downgrade the country before President Felipe Calderon’s term ends in 2012.

www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-01/mexico-s-growing-violence-puts-credit-rating-at-risk-moody-s-leos-says.html