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US gives Mexico 197 million dollars to fight drug gangs (Roundup)
Dec 4, 2008, 3:50 GMT
Mexico City - Mexico and the United States signed an agreement Wednesday on combatting narcotics trafficking and organized crime.
By the terms of the measure, the US will provide 197 million dollars under Washington's Merida Initiative to aid Mexico's efforts to stop drug smuggling by violent criminal cartels.
The signing of the agreement was held in Mexico City with US Ambassador Antonio O Garza and Carlos Rico Ferrat, Mexican undersecretary of foreign affairs for North America.
The newspaper El Universal on Wednesday estimated the death toll in Mexico's drug wars, both between gangs competing for turf and with Mexican police and security forces, is 5,031 people since the start of 2008.
The death rate was eight people per day earlier in the year but has lately approached 24 slayings day, or one per hour, according to the newspaper's unofficial count.
Police casualties have mounted lately, including 90 police slain just since the end of October, including several high-ranking officers.
The violence peaked on November 3, when the death toll was 58 people within just 24 hours.
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Benito JuarezDec 4th, 2008 - 04:53:43
Let us hope the cavachos are giving the money to the right people. There are no guarantees.
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