Mexico's Drug War: The Battle for Culiacán

Full Blown War
Over 2000 drug-related murders have been recorded in Mexico this year, vastly outpacing previous years. Many of the most grisly have gone down in the desert city of Culiacán, where dozens of armed state policemen, along with the Mexican military, have been deployed in a Federal effort to contain the problem.

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