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January 12, 2012

Mexico Says Drug War Death Toll Has Topped 47,000 
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The Mexican government is now saying that more than 47,000 people have
been killed in the country since President Felipe Calderón declared a
war on drug traffickers in 2006. Nearly 13,000 people died in the first
nine months of 2010. Some analysts say the actual toll is considerable
higher. The Mexican census agency has identified 67,000 homicides from
2007 through 2010, nearly double the government’s count of
drug-related deaths for that period.



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