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Mexico Drug Violence Claims 23 Lives
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August 15, 2010
| | A forensic worker examines a dead man in Ciudad Juarez, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, June 16, 2010. | |
Drug-related clashes in Mexico's volatile northwestern border state of Chihuahua have resulted in the deaths of 23 people in 24 hours.
According to Chihuahua state prosecutors, 13 people were killed between late Friday and Saturday in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, across from the US city of El Paso, Texas.
Ten others lost their lives in separate incidents in other locations around the volatile state.
According to officials, one of the deadly incidents took place during a car theft, while a couple was killed in an attack on a shopping mall, AFP reported.
Since 2006, Ciudad Juarez - the scene of violent drug-related crimes - has been the epicenter of a wave of drug-related violence between rival drug cartels, which have left some 28,000 dead.
Most killings in the city are blamed on turf wars between the Juarez and Sinaloa gangs over control of lucrative drug trafficking routes into the United States.
Federal police along with thousands of soldiers have been deployed to Ciudad Juarez in an attempt to crack down on drug trafficking in the region.
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