MEXICO CITY (AP) — Five days before the vote to elect his successor, Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon is urging the country’s next leader not to abandon his militarized offensive against drug cartels.

Calderon says he hopes Mexico’s next government “is truly committed to fight for the security of the Mexican people.” In a speech on Tuesday, he said the fight against organized crime “must keep moving forward in the years to come.”

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