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Speaking of crime and violence in Mexico, consider this number: 6,836.
That’s the number of people killed in drug-related violence since 2007, more than the number of American fatalities in the Iraq War.
More from Ken Silverstein:
Commentary — July 25, 2012, 2:20 pm
Washington Babylon — September 29, 2010, 11:37 am

“This is the heart of the magic factory, the place where medicine is infused with the miracles of science, and I’ve come to see how it’s done.”