"El papa tratará en México de violencia, dice funcionario vaticano"

"Vatican official says pope will address the issue of violence in Mexico"

Por Kristin Gobberg . Catholic News Service / Today's Catholic. Friday January 27, 2011.

"México ha experimentado en años recientes un aumento dramático en violencia relacionada con el crimen.

"Entre el 2007 y el 2010, 34,550 asesinatos fueron viniculados con el crimen, comparado con unos 8,900 tales asesinatos entre el 2000 y el 2006, según datos gubernamentales.

"En el 2010 solamente, ocurrieron casi 15,000 asesinatos por el crimen organizado, haciéndolo el peor año anotado para tal violencia..."

'Ole Dennis' spin:

"Mexico has experienced a dramatic increase in crime - related violence in recent years.

"Between 2007 and 2010, 34,550 killings were linked to [organized?] crime, compared with some 8,500 such killings between 2000 and 2006, according to [Mexican??] government data...

"In 2010 alone, there were 15,000 killings by organized crime, making it the worse year for such violence ever recorded ..."