06 May 2011

MEXICO: 7 May UPDATE: Dreary Durango Bodies Discoveries Continue; 25 More Found, Now Total At Least 146; Violence Protest March Begins.

AP / M.HERALD

  The tragic news in Durango seems never ending.
  New remains of 23 men and two women where uncovered in clandestine graves in Durango...bringing the total there to 146...according to police.
   However,the newspaper Reforma claims the total is...156.

LINK CHANGE / LATIMES:
    Meanwhile, some 600 people began a 3-day, 60-mile march against narco violence...from Cuernavaca to Mexico City.
   They hope others will join the silent march.
   There have been almost 35,000 victims in the narco war since December 2006.
    The ex-governor of violence plagued Coahuila and an opposition leader said Calderon should declare himself "incompetent."
    Calderon said recently in Puebla that: "The actions of criminals … must not divide us. Mexicans should put country before party."