7,337 Drug war related deaths. Mexican Police now run across border into U.S. to claim "Asylum". WARNING - DISTURBING PHOTOS

WARNING: CONTAINS DISTURBING PHOTOGRAPHS: drug wars in Mexico spread across the U.S.

He had narrowly survived a previous "hit", injured by three bullets from an would-be assassin's gun, and did not want to try his luck again. When he fled across Rio Grande into Texas, however, he sought more than just a hiding place - he also filed a request for asylum with the US authorities.

That made him part of an unprecedented new trend: Mexican police officers claiming safe haven across the border in America,..

Source: www.lucianne.com

Five severed heads found inside ice coolers by the side of a road in Mexico..

The heads were found with messages addressed to rivals of the killers, who were assumed to be involved in Mexico's bitter and violent drug war.

Jalisco is close to Sinaloa state, scene of many high-profile killings and home to the powerful Sinaloa cartel...

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Source: www.news.bbc.co.uk

Drug Wars: 1,000 people killed in 8 weeks

Mexico is experiencing a wave of violence tied to drug gangs, especially in border states and other areas known as hotbeds of narcotrafficking.

The government says more than 1,000 people were killed during the first eight weeks of the year...

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Source: www.boston.com

Mexican Cartel's turf war heats up

"I saw my brother's body lying there. I can't describe how horrendous that was,"

A turf war between drug cartels, fuelled by a government crackdown launched in 2006, has set in train an epidemic of violence that is killing 20 people a day on average…

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Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Drug gangs have made murder and torture a way of life in Mexico

Armed to the hilt, they came from land and air, determined to restore order to Mexico's most violent city.

Nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers and armed federal police poured into the border town of Ciudad Juarez last weekend. The city - just across from El Paso in Texas - has been ravaged by drug gangs. Just this month 250 people were killed there by hitmen fighting for lucrative smuggling routes....

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Source: dailymail.co.uk

Mexican drug cartel violence has now spilled into Texas

Violence from Mexican drug cartels has spilled over into Texas, state Homeland Security Director Steve McCraw said Monday.

"Yes, absolutely it has occurred; there's no question about it," McCraw said after a hearing before the House Committee on Border and International Affairs...

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Source: el paso times

Mexico drug gangs threaten cops on radio, kill them

"You're next, bastard ... We're going to get you," an unidentified drug gang member said over the police radio.

Sure enough, two hours later the dead bodies of the two named policemen were found dumped on the edge of the city, their hands tied and bullet wounds in their heads.

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Source: reuters