Drug War Bloodshed!: Mexico Debates Drug War Death Toll Figure Amid Government Silence

The Mexican government doesn´t know how many people have died?! Perhaps the answer is blowin' in the wind.

Mexico Debates Drug War Death Toll Figure Amid Government Silence | Latin America News Dispatch: "With no official figure released for the death toll in Mexico’s drug war for the last six months, the country’s news media are beginning to speculate that the number may have already surpassed 40,000.

The government released its last figure of 34,600 drug war-related killings in January. ...

The federal government says it will come up with a figure soon, but did not give specifics. “At some point, the appropriate update will be made,” Mexican federal security spokesman Alejandro Poiré said."