Collateral Damage: Number of Innocents Killed in Mexico Drug War Up 172%

Latin American Herald Tribune - Number of Innocents Killed in Mexico Drug War Up 172%: "The number of civilians killed in the conflict pitting Mexico’s powerful drug cartels against each other and the security forces soared by 172 percent in the last 12 months, capital daily Reforma said Monday, citing official figures.

“Collateral” deaths of civilians increased from 61 in 2009 to 166 last year, according to the report from the Attorney General’s Office. ...

... human rights activists and civic groups accuse authorities of criminalizing innocent citizens in the same manner as the army of Colombia, which has been caught murdering more than 2,700 civilians and falsely presenting them as guerrillas killed in combat." Jan. 18, 2011