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Mexico’s drug war Mexico’s drug war has gone quiet. Not less lethal. Just less loud. While the cartels are still killing each other at almost the same clip, they’ve traded grisly massacres for more subtle methods.
Jan. 25, 2013
A group of 27 people, captured by vigilantes in Ayutla de los Libres, are kept under custody inside a house at the village in the Mexico’s southern state of Guerrero. Hundreds of civilians armed with rifles, pistols and machetes are providing security for the communities of Tecoanapa and Ayutla de los Libre, saying gangs were committing robberies, kidnappings and murders, nearly unimpeded by police.
Pedro Pardo
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Jan. 25, 2013
The men detained by the vigilantes are accused of being members of gangs in Guerrero, one of the states hardest hit by Mexico's drug violence, which has left more than 70,000 people killed across the country since 2006.
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Jan. 18, 2013
Masked and armed men sit in the back of a pickup truck at the entrance to Ayutla de los Libres.
Dario Lopez-Mills
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Jan. 18, 2013
A masked and armed man gestures to police driving by as he stands guard at a roadblock in Las Mesas, near Ayutla de los Libres.
Dario Lopez-Mills
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Jan. 18, 2013
A masked vigilante checks the identity of a driver at a roadblock at the entrance to the town of El Pericon, near Ayutla de los Libres.
Dario Lopez-Mills
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April 23, 2012
Members of the "Peace with Justice and Dignity" movement, holding up images of people who they say were victims of drug gangs, demonstrate after a meeting between family members of victims of gang-related violence and senators in Mexico City.
Eduardo Verdugo
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AP
April 20, 2012
A woman mourns a family member who was gunned down at a crime scene in Cadereyta, Mexico. Two city workers and a mechanic, who was fixing their tanker truck that had broken down, were shot dead by gunmen, according to local media.
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April 16, 2012
A girl and a woman look out from their home next to a crime scene, where a woman was shot dead after an unidentified gunman opened fire inside a house, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. According to local media, unknown gunmen killed three other women over a period of four hours in different parts of the city.
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April 13, 2012
A soldier checks a car where two men and a teenager were shot in Cancun, Mexico. The two men died and the teenager was injured after men in two trucks opened fire at the car as they drove along an avenue, according to local media.
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April 10, 2012
A forensic worker takes a picture of the scene where the bodies of eight taxi drivers were killed in the Costa Azul neighborhood in Monterrey, Mexico. More than 40,000 people have been killed in rising drug-related violence in Mexico since December 2006, when President Felipe Calderon deployed soldiers and federal police to take on organized crime.
Julio Cesar Aguilar
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April 10, 2012
A policeman surveys the scene were eight taxi drivers were killed at the Costa Azul neighborhood in Monterrey, Mexico.
Julio Cesar Aguilar
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AFP/Getty Images
April 10, 2012
Onlookers sit in front of two federal police officers near the scene where eight taxi drivers were killed in the municipality of Guadalupe in Monterrey.
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April 10, 2012
Residents look out from their home at a crime scene in the municipality of Guadalupe in Monterrey.
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April 8, 2012
Residents look at a crime scene in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Three youths were shot when they were driving on a motorcycle in the Antonio Barona neighborhood, according to the attorney general's office.
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March 29, 2012
Relatives of missing girls pray while taking part in a religious event in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico.
Jesus Alcazar
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March 28, 2012
Poet and peace activist Javier Sicilia embraces family members and relatives of his 24-year-old son Juan Francisco Sicilia and his friends during the anniversary of Juan's death in Temixco near Cuernavaca. The bodies of Juan and his friends were discovered on March 28, 2011, in a car in Cuernavaca by the police along with a menacing message from drug cartels.
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April 15, 2012
Police detectives inspect a vehicle with bodies of men inside after a gunfight in downtown Monterrey. At least two men who police identified as hit men died during a gun battle against police detectives in a popular bar and restaurant district, causing dozens of people to flee the area in panic, local media reported.
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March 7, 2012
Pictures of victims of violence are hung on the facades and walls of houses in the neighborhood of Cerro Gordo in Ecatepec, outside Mexico City. The Murrieta Foundation opened an exhibition called "Giving face to the victims in Ecatepec" with 15 giant photographs placed in different facades and walls of the houses as part a campaign against violence in Ecatepec.
Henry Romero
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Reuters
Feb. 16, 2012
Forensic personnel and investigators check a police vehicle after the body of a local policemen was found in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon state, Mexico. The policeman was reportedly guarding a closed casino.
Julio Cesar Aguilar
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AFP/Getty Images
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