Around the World: Mexico
China Daily | Updated: 2010-01-13 07:59
69 killed in one day
Mexico opened the new year with what could be its most dubious distinction yet in the three-year-old battle against drug trafficking - 69 murders in one day.
The country resembled a grim, statistical dart board on Saturday as law enforcement reported the deaths from various regions. More than 6,500 drug-related killings made 2009 the bloodiest year since President Felipe Calderon declared war on the cartels in late 2006 and deployed 45,000 soldiers to fight organized crime, according to death tallies by San Diego's Trans-Border Institute.
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