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Weekly Report - 28 February 2013 (WR-13-08)
MEXICO: Official; drug-war deaths are falling
The new government has been playing up data which shows a decline in drug-war fatalities in its second month in office — departing from its initial policy of focusing on violent crime in general rather than that related to the turf wars between drug-trafficking organisations (DTOs) and associated criminal gangs. This has come just as the contest for one of the major hotspots, Monterrey, appears to be tilting in favour of the Golfo DTO.
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