Thursday, June 17, 2010

Mexico's Drug War Has Claimed 200 Lives In The Past 7 Days



Mexico's Bloodshed Worsens As Hundreds Die In Last 7 Days -- Houston Chronicle

MEXICO CITY — More than 200 people have been slaughtered during the past seven days in the most violent week in the criminal insurgency racking Mexico since President Felipe Calderón unleashed federal forces against drug trafficking gangs.

The carnage has cut a wide arc through Mexico and underscored the gangsters' brazen willingness to take on military troops and Mexican federal police in direct combat.

Among this week's victims were 12 federal police officers ambushed Monday by presumed gangsters in western Michoacan state and three others bushwhacked in northern Chihuahua state. Army troops shot it out with gunmen Tuesday in Taxco, a tourist mecca 100 miles south of Mexico City, killing 15 alleged criminals.

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More News On Mexico's Drug Cartel War

President's appeal in Mexico drug war -- BBC
Mexico drug war: Has Felipe Calderón lost control? -- Christian Science Monitor
June is shaping up as one of the grisliest months in Mexico's drug war -- L.A. Times
More Than 40 Die in One Day as Mexico's Drug Wars Escalate -- Newsweek
Dozens Killed in Brutal Mexican Drug Wars -- AOL News
Thugs execute 10 Mexican police in latest drug war bloodshed -- New York Daily News
Mexico arrests 2 in ambush that killed 12 police -- AP
Mexico's Meth Warriors -- Time Magazine
Industry hurt as Mexico wages drug war on US border -- Times Live
US seeks to extend anti-drug aid plan for Mexico -- AP
Mexican Drug War Orphans 10,000 Children in One Year -- Take Part
Mexican Family Flees To El Paso To Escape Violence -- NPR

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