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Crack Kills Innocents

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The drug problem in Mexico is now main news and the death toll is beyond belief.

Since Mexico's new President came in to power three years ago, there have been over 18,000 deaths.

The US has placed Mexico in the same bracket as Pakistan as countries most at risk of becoming "failed states". Yet the funds going to Mexico to help support the fight against drug crime is a pittance.

This article in the British Times by Michael Reid of the Economist, is a good primer http://bit.ly/bicLv7

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