Thread: Mexico: 28,000 killed in drug violence since 2006

Mexico: 28,000 killed in drug violence since 2006

Posted 46m ago

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico says more than 28,000 people have been killed in drug violence since President Felipe Calderon launched a crackdown against cartels in 2006.
Intelligence agency director Guillermo Valdes says authorities have confiscated about 84,000 weapons and made total cash seizures of $411 million in U.S. currency and $26 million worth in pesos.

Valdes says drug violence in Mexico "is still growing."

He spoke Tuesday during a meeting with Calderon and representatives of business and civic groups. Attendees are exploring ways to improve Mexico's anti-drug strategy.

The most recent official toll of the drug war dead came in mid-June, when the attorney general said 24,800 had died. He did not specify a time frame.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010 ... ence_N.htm

its a damn shame that the number of people killed is so damn high