Murder And Mayhem In Mexico
The drug wars in Mexico continue to claim lives at an alarming rate, with hundreds of slayings taking place within a stone’s throw of US border states. How vicious and widespread has the mayhem become? A recent data dump from the Mexican government paints a stark picture, as detailed here by The Guardian UK.
The numbers cover “all murders presumed to have a link to the country’s drug wars in which at least seven different cartels are fighting each other and federal forces deployed in a massive offensive against them launched in December 2006. The number of deaths has risen rapidly since then to total 34,612 up until the end of 2010, by far the most violent year so far with 15,273 people killed.”
Take a close look along the southern borders of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Scary stuff.
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