Mexico on Edge of Chaos

- Jonathan Adam, Christian Science Monitor Relatives of missing persons in Mexico pressed officials for help in finding their loved ones' remains after a man last week admitted to helping a drug gang dispose of more than 300 bodies using corrosive chemicals.

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The macabre admission is just the latest indication of the depth of Mexico's drug violence. Some US observers say the cartels now pose a direct threat to the Mexican government's survival, and, by extension, a growing security threat to the US. But Mexican officials and analysts say such views are overly alarmist. Reuters reported that more than 5,700 people were killed in drug violence last year in Mexico, "nearly double the number of 2007." More...

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