Why the Violence in Mexico is Getting Worse
Mass killings have become increasingly common across Mexico due to the country's ongoing war on drugs. Cartels and gangs, often working with help from local police, are murdering innocent victims...
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Mexican authorities are working to identify 28 bodies found in 6 mass graves outside the city of Iguala. Evidence indicates that these may be some of the bodies of those 43 students who recently went missing after a clash with local police during a protest - an incident that involved officers killing at least 6 people. The situation in Iguala is bad, but a closer look at this incident and the recent history of mass killings in Mexico tells an even darker story. There are reports of the police handing the students over to a local drug cartel. One of the suspected killers has already admitted to that. But authorities can’t be absolutely certain that these are the missing students until DNA testing is complete, because the bodies could also belong ...
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Mexican authorities are working to identify 28 bodies found in 6 mass graves outside the city of Iguala. Evidence indicates that these may be some of the bodies of those 43 students who recently went missing after a clash with local police during a protest - an incident that involved officers killing at least 6 people. The situation in Iguala is bad, but a closer look at this incident and the recent history of mass killings in Mexico tells an even darker story. There are reports of the police handing the students over to a local drug cartel. One of the suspected killers has already admitted to that. But authorities can’t be absolutely certain that these are the missing students until DNA testing is complete, because the bodies could also belong ...
