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Drug war related deaths top 45,000 in Mexico

By Zara Snapp No comments yet 2011, drug policy, Drug War, Mexican drug war, Mexico, Mexico City, Organized Crime, Statistics, University of Michigan, War on Drugs, zara

On January 11, 2012, the Mexican Attorney Generals Office (AGO) released the latest casualty figures in the government’s war against organized criminal groups. The AGO confirmed that there have been 47, 515 drug related killings since December 2006—when President Calderon gave the military full rein to combat drug trafficking and organized crime. To put this in perspective, in Afghanistan, there