Mexican drug violence claims nearly 500 lives this year

Posted on: March 26th, 2007
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“Nearly 500 people have been killed in Mexicos drug wars this year, according to media reports here, despite a crackdown on the illicit trade by President Felipe Calderon.

The dead include dozens of police officers, the daughter of a retired army general, and a suspected cartel hit man in the northern city of Monterrey left with a knife sticking out of his chest and a message to local officials affixed to his body”

Source: http://www.latimes.com
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