1,000 Mexican Drug-Related Murders in 51 Days

(Mexico City) Statistics indicate that one thousand drug-related execution-style murders have occurred in Mexico since the start of the year -- 51 days.

In an intense roller coaster of events in the war against organized crime, yesterday the assassinations linked to narcotraffic surpassed 1,000. According to the count made by El Universal, so far in the year there have been 1,003 violent murders related to narcotraffic, which averages out to 19 per day.

Last year, the 1,000 mark was registered on April 22 and the year before, after mid-year. Half of the nation’s assassinations happened in the state of Chihuahua.

Coming soon to a border state near you, eh? Oddly, the level of violence in Mexico has been largely shoved under the carpet by the mainstream media.