Mexico said that more than 30,000 people have been killed in drug violence since President Felipe Calderon launched a crackdown against cartels in 2006. AP quoted Attorney General Arturo Chavez Chavez as saying that about 12,500 people were killed between January and November compared to 9,600 for all of 2009. He spoke to reporters on Thursday. The most recent official toll of the drug war dead came in August, when the intelligence agency director said 28,000 had died.
