Whack-a-mole Drug War: Mexico: Organized Crime Killings Up 16% in 2011

From 'InSight Crime in the Americas'

Mexico: Organized Crime Killings Up 16% in 2011: "The number of killings related to organized crime in Mexico was 16 percent higher in the first half of 2011 than in the same period the previous year, according to a local newspaper. On Saturday, Mexican daily La Reforma published a report which said that there had been 6,641 organized crime fatalities in the first six months of the year. Although the numbers are high, the problem seems to be relatively contained, with 85 percent of the cases occurring in just 10 states."