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Slayings in Tijuana down from 2008
As 2009 closed, violence once again claimed lives in Tijuana this week, including that of a state auto theft investigator found beheaded hours after he was abducted from his home, two men shot to death outside a tire store and a man killed at a taco shop. Ref. Source 1
Armed men shoot up Mexican party:
Suspected drug gang hitmen armed with machine guns stormed a private party in the northern Mexican city of Torreon, killing at least 17 people in one of the deadliest attacks in Mexico's drug war, police have said. Ref. Source 5
Mexico arrests dozens of current, former cops
Baja California's largest law-enforcement shake-up in recent years was carried out Thursday, when Mexican soldiers detained 62 current and former state and municipal police officers suspected of collaborating with drug traffickers. Ref. Source 6
Mexico seeks solutions to drug war
Legalize narcotics. Crack down on the money laundering that helps sustain drug traffickers. Bolster law enforcement and the judicial system so they can better challenge cartels. Create secure prisons to minimize inmate breakouts. Find effective ways to reduce the U.S. Demand for cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin. Ref. Source 1