Collateral Damage: Mexico has had 34,612 drug war deaths, 15,273 in 2010

The number of those killed keeps going up. This total is some 4,000 more than previously stated by the Mexican government.

Mexico: 34,612 drug war deaths, 15,273 in 2010: "A total of 34,612 people have died in drug-related killings in the four years since Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared a stepped-up offensive against drug cartels.

Such killings jumped sharply in 2010 to reach 15,273 drug-related killings. The figure for 2009 was 9,616 deaths. ...

Government security spokesman Alejandro Poire presented a new government database on such crimes Wednesday." Jan. 12, 2011, AP