Money Seized From Suspected Drug Couriers (Photo from NBC San Diego)Gang Killings In Mexico Top 5,000 For The Year -- Houston Chronicle
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s gangland killings have surpassed 5,000 in the first nine months of 2009 as President Felipe Calderon’s nearly three-year crackdown on the country’s crime syndicates fails to stem the violence.
The newspaper El Universal reported Friday that its tally of gangland killings so far this year — compiled through news reports nationwide, hit 5,018 on Thursday. El Universal counted about 5,600 gangland killings in all of 2008.
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More News On Mexico's Drug Cartel War
With new AG, Mexico tries to revamp drug war -- El Lider
Mexico Replaces Attorney General as Drug Violence Soars -- Wall Street Journal
So That’s What a Half-Million Bucks Looks Like -- NBC
2 bound for Mexico arrested at border with $500,000 -- L.A. Times
Mexico Finds Huge Cash Haul at Pacific Port -- Latin American Herald Tribune
Narcos get the girls and the boys -- National Post
New Threat to Mexico’s Drug Cartels: Rehab Centers -- New America Media
Fewer Drugs In America Means More Problems for Mexico -- New York Times opinion
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