Bloodbath in Mexico – mass graves, beheadings and mutilations

Kudos to NBC for this unflinching look at the all out war in Mexico – now perhaps they’ll take a look at whether drug legalization would mitigate the carnage.

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More from the BBC:

Drug-related violence in Mexico has killed nearly 30,000 people in the first 45 months of the current government, and its fast increase has been unstoppable.

If the killings continue to increase at the current rate that total will rise to about 75,000 by the time the government’s term in office ends in December 2012.

…Mass graves have been turning up increasingly frequently – some containing dozens of bodies. Beheadings and bodies hung from bridges point to a rise in gruesome attacks.