Mexico’s bloodshed worsens as hundreds die in last 7 days
By DUDLEY ALTHAUS
Copyright 2010 Houston Chronicle
June 17, 2010
MEXICO CITY — More than 200 people have been slaughtered during the past seven days in the most violent week in the criminal insurgency racking Mexico since President Felipe Calderón unleashed federal forces against drug trafficking gangs.
The carnage has cut a wide arc through Mexico and underscored the gangsters’ brazen willingness to take on military troops and Mexican federal police in direct combat.
Among this week’s victims were 12 federal police officers ambushed Monday by presumed gangsters in western Michoacan state and three others bushwhacked in northern Chihuahua state. Army troops shot it out with gunmen Tuesday in Taxco, a tourist mecca 100 miles south of Mexico City, killing 15 alleged criminals.
“The difference now is that the criminals and security forces are clashing more frequently,” said Raul Benitez-Manaut, a national security analyst. “The criminals are directly challenging the government.”
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