Verkkomexico's brutal drug war claims thousands of lives every year, as powerful trafficking groups battle it out for territory and influence.

Verkkomilitary police gather at an early morning murder, one of numerous murders over a 24 hour period, on march 26, 2010 in juarez, mexico.

Verkkoin recent years, tens of thousands of people have died due to fighting between drug cartels in mexico.

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The country’s first cocaine cartel formed in the early 1980s.

Verkkoeleven young people gunned down by criminals who shot up a holiday party.

The recent attacks β€” all in the past month β€” are the latest in a string.

Verkkozacatecas, the state fresnillo is in, has the country’s highest murder rate, with 122 deaths in june, according to the mexican government.

Verkkokillings in celaya surged from fewer than 80 in 2010 to more than 800 in 2020, abating somewhat last year to about 640 β€” and hundreds have gone missing.

Verkkoorganised crime and violence are hardly new to mexico.

The chart uses data from the uppsala conflict.

A quarter of a century later,.

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