Слайд 2More than 50,000 people have lost their lives across the country
in a nearly-continuous string of shootouts, bombings, and ever-bloodier murders.
Just last weekend, 49 decapitated bodies were reportedly discovered on a highway in northern Mexico. The New York Times reports on an increasing numbness and apathy among Mexicans after years of worsening carnage, about which they've been able to do virtually nothing.
Gathered here is a collection of photographs from Mexico's drug war and the people so horribly affected by it.
Слайд 3 Some photos are VERY disturbing!
Слайд 4Soldiers of the Army, Navy and members of Federal Police patrol
the streets of Veracruz after a rising tide of violence plaguing this tourist city.
Слайд 5 The body of a man lies behind the steering
wheel inside a car in Acapulco.
Слайд 6Morgue workers place a coffin holding an unidentified body into a
grave at San Rafael cemetery on the outskirts of the border city of Ciudad Juarez.
Слайд 7 At least 6,000
rifles and pistols seized from drugs cartels
were destroyed by members of the Mexican Army.
Слайд 8 Jose Lopez Tapia, 8,
rests in hospital after he and his mother
were attacked in Ciudad Juarez.
Слайд 9Mexican marines escort Marcos Jesus Hernandez Rodriguez, aka "El Chilango", alleged
leader of assassins and member of the Los Zetas drug cartel, in Veracruz state, during his presentation for the press in Mexico City.
Слайд 10A young man lies dead next to a skateboard and a
bicycle after unknown gunmen opened fire in the eastern part of Saltillo, Mexico.
Слайд 11Firefighters remove the body of a man hanging from a bridge
in Ciudad Juarez. The body was found hanging by its neck on a bridge. The body showed signs of torture and the head was covered with duct tape.
Слайд 12 Mexican soldiers
burn marijuana plants in a field, in
Los Algodones community, Culiacan, Sinaloa State.
Слайд 13 Pictures of victims of violence are hung on the facades
and walls of houses
in the neighborhood of Cerro Gordo in Ecatepec, outside Mexico City.
Слайд 14 The body of a dead
man, a rifle next to him, lies in a field after
a shootout with police on the outskirts of Monterrey.
Слайд 15A soldier stands guard inside a chemical drug processing laboratory discovered
in Tlajomulco de Zuniga, on the outskirts of Guadalajara.
Слайд 16 Violence in Ciudad Juarez has changed the lives
of its residents, where
many have fled. Among those who remain, anxious mothers look for
missing daughters and family members.
Слайд 17 Blood flows near the arm of a killed
boy, on the pavement in Acapulco.
Слайд 18An unidentified woman weeps for her relatives at the scene where
gunmen attacked a tow truck business in the resort city of Acapulco.
Слайд 19Two men with their hands tied behind their back and with
their faces covered with duct tape lie by the side of the road in the city of Veracruz.
stand next to the body of a dead colleague in
Ixtapaluca, on the outskirts of Mexico City.
Слайд 21 A forensic technician holds
the head of a woman at a crime
scene in San Pedro on the outskirts of Monterrey.
Слайд 22 Pallbearers carry the coffin of Regina
Martinez, a journalist and
correspondent for the Mexican magazine Proceso, as friends and
family members attend her funeral in Xalapa.
man, covered by a cloth in a restaurant after
he was shot by unknown assailants in Acapulco.
Слайд 24 Fliers for missing people hang on the door of
the city morgue in Acapulco.
Слайд 25The body of a young man who was shot several times,
reflected in a mirror next to an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe inside a bus in Acapulco.
Слайд 26 Demonstrators march to protest against violence
in Mexico City.
Слайд 27 The body of a man killed in a suspected
drug-related execution lies along
the path where he was shot on March 1, 2012 in Acapulco.
Слайд 28Medical workers stand next to the bodies of 10 men and
one woman, discovered in a pile near a well in Valle de Chalco, Mexico.
Слайд 30 A suspected drug-related execution victim
lies on Acapulco's
famous Caleta Beach.
Слайд 31 A woman covers her daughter with a towel as
they walk past a crime scene
in the municipality of San Nicolas de los Garza, neighboring Monterrey.
Слайд 32A forensic technician sweeps blood off a street at a crime
scene in Monterrey.