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With violence soaring, Mexico looks for help from its army
The recent violence in Mexico, much of it drug-[market]-related, is showing no signs of letting up. (Photo courtesy LA Times)
With violence soaring, Mexico looks for help from its army
By Sara Miller Llana | Christian Science Monitor MEXICO CITY — Even for Mexicans accustomed to ghastly headlines chronicling the country’s drug-related violence, the current level of killing in Tijuana causes consternation. Some 200 people have been slain in one month. Last weekend turned into one of the city’s deadliest: Nearly 40 were killed, four of whom were children, and nine of them beheaded.
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Written by greenfloyd
December 4, 2008 at 2:50 pm
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