Hundreds of Thousands of People Take Part in Anti-violence Rallies Across Mexico

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken part in anti-violence marches across Mexico in protest at the growing number of drug-related killings and kidnappings in the Latin American state. Marches took place in all of Mexico’s 32 states with over 150,000 people gathered in the capital, Mexico City.

So far in Mexico this year, over 2,600 people have been killed in drug-related violence with another 300 reported as being kidnapped.

The protesters were dressed mostly in white and marched in silence, holding candles.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon also announced this week new measures to tackle the increasing violence. Measures include rooting out and dismissing corrupt police officers, better equipment for police, and new prisons.

President Calderon has deployed more than 25,000 troops across Mexico in a bid to combat the country’s influential and powerful drug cartels.

The marches came days after a dozen headless bodies were discovered in the Yucatan Peninsula.

Source RIA Novosti

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