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Mexico is second deadliest conflict zone

By Jordi Bou

May 11, 2017 - Mexico has surpassed Iraq and Afghanistan to become the world’s second-most lethal conflict after Syria. According to the the Armed Conflict Survey published by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), Mexico’s drug wars claimed 23,000 lives in 2016, behind only Syria, where 50,000 people died.

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PUBLISHED: 11/05/2017; STORY: Graphic News
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