BBC/
Mexico's human rights commission said 5,397 people had been reported missing since President Felipe Calderon's 2006 war on narcos began.
A UN study suggests that security forces there have been responsible for some of the missing.
AND : LONG, LONG READ: A 22-month investigation by the DEA, IRS and others describes how cocaine smugglers bought aircraft and weapons with money laundered through Wachovia, now Wells Fargo... via wire transfers, traveler's checks and cash shipments through Mexican exchanges.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/03/us-bank-mexico-drug-gangs
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