Despite drug war, Mexico City safer
Homicide rate a third of that in D.C.
Posted: February 8, 2010 at 3:10 a.m.
Decapitated bodies dumped on the streets, drug-war shootings and regular attacks on police have obscured a significant fact: A falling homicide rate means people in Mexico are less likely to die violently now than they were more than a decade ago.
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Front Section, Pages 4 on 02/08/2010
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