Amid Drug War, Mexico Homicide Rate Up For Fourth Straight Year

Amid Drug War, Mexico Homicide Rate Up For Fourth Straight Year
A state policeman walks past a bullet-riddled vehicle with a dead man inside after a series of gunfights in the northern and eastern part of the city of Saltillo, Mexico, Thursday June 21, 2012. A civilian truck driver and eight gunmen were killed during the gunfight with state security forces who suffered two injured officers. (AP Photo)
A state policeman walks past a bullet-riddled vehicle with a dead man inside after a series of gunfights in the northern and eastern part of the city of Saltillo, Mexico, Thursday June 21, 2012. A civilian truck driver and eight gunmen were killed during the gunfight with state security forces who suffered two injured officers. (AP Photo)

A study has found that Mexico’s homicide rate rose for the fourth year in a row in 2011, this time by 5.6% compared with the previous year -- a fact that will come as little surprise to Mexicans who continue to be bombarded each morning with the latest stomach-turning details of the country’s drug war.

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