2010 Bloodiest Year Yet in Mexico

Estimates now place 2010 as the bloodiest year yet in Mexico’s ongoing war against the drug cartels. Drug-related conflict led to the deaths of more than 15,000 people last year as the government and cartels continued to do battle across the country. —JCL

Al-Jazeera English:

Last year was the bloodiest yet in Mexico’s war against organised crime as drug-related deaths jumped to a record high.

More than 15,000 people lost their lives in Mexico’s conflicted with the traffickers in 2010.

It has also already been a violent start to 2011, with the cartels blamed for more murders.

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AP / Alexandre Meneghini

Mexican police escort Texas-born drug kingpin Edgar Valdez Villarreal, alias “La Barbie,” after his arrest near Mexico City last August.