| | |  News Around the Republic of Mexico | December 2008 
Mexico Organized Crime Death Toll Reaches 5,000, Universal Says
 Jens Erik Gould - Bloomberg
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| | Mexican President Felipe Calderon said Dec. 1 that his country’s efforts to fight drug traffickers won’t be effective if the U.S. doesn’t do more to reduce demand for illicit substances under President-elect Barack Obama. | |
Mexico’s deaths related to organized crime and drug trafficking in 2008 reached 5,000 yesterday, the highest toll since newspaper El Universal began its tallies four years ago, the publication said.
A total of 5,031 people have died this year from violence stemming from organized crime, including 35 in the past 24 hours, the newspaper said. Deaths occurred at an average of one per hour during the past 42 days. The first thousand deaths of the year were tallied in 113 days, while the last thousand happened in only 42 days, El Universal said.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon said Dec. 1 that his country’s efforts to fight drug traffickers won’t be effective if the U.S. doesn’t do more to reduce demand for illicit substances under President-elect Barack Obama.
To contact the reporter on this story: Jens Erik Gould in Mexico City at jgould9(at)bloomberg.net |
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