Why did the Mexican government wait 2 years before offering a $2mln reward for drug lords?

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Mexico is offering US$2 million each for information leading to the arrest of 24 top drug lords.

The most-wanted list is a public challenge to the cartels’ violent grip on Mexico. Some 8,000 people have been killed in the past two years, as gangs battle each other for territory and fight off a nationwide crackdown.

Some of that violence is spilling over into the US, especially the Southwest, where kidnaps and killings are on the rise.

Mexico’s Attorney General’s office published the list Monday. It also shows how the drug gangs have splintered into six main cartels, under pressure from both the US and Mexican governments.