Mexico Updates Death Toll in Drug War to 47,515, but Critics Dispute the Data

[S.J.B.]

"MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government updated its drug war death toll on Wednesday, reporting that 47,515 people had been killed in drug-related violence since President Felipe Calderón began a military assault on criminal cartels in late 2006."

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[thiz master]

so the number of deaths could be more or less. that doesnt take away the fact that the war on drugs creates more casualties than it saves

 

[23536]

I counted sixty thousand last July: http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/threads/...cent-in-2010?p=9838157&viewfull=1#post9838157

 

[Biovail]

Why do we care? It's not our country. Mexicans aren't actually people right? As long as we can keep Susy Lee from smoking marijuana in Montana, it doesn't matter how many Mexicans die.