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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 09 > Mexican drug killings more than double in ’08

Mexican drug killings more than double in ’08

By New York Times News Service / The Bulletin
December 9, 2008

MEXICO CITY — Killings linked to Mexico’s drug war have more than doubled this year compared with 2007 and are likely to grow even further before they begin to fall, Attorney General Eduardo Medina-Mora said Monday.

The prosecutor tied the sharp increase in deaths to a battle....

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