Standing guard

Mexican marines stand guard in streets of Veracruz State, <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO00000613" title="Mexico" href="/topic/intl/mexico-PLGEO00000613.topic">Mexico</a> on 24 January 2012. The wave of drug-related violence has left around 50,000 dead in Mexico, according to media counts, since President <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEPLT007526" title="Felipe Calderon" href="/topic/politics/felipe-calderon-PEPLT007526.topic">Felipe Calderon</a> launched a crackdown on organized crime in 2006.

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( JOHAN ORDONEZ, AFP/Getty Images / January 24, 2012 )

Mexican marines stand guard in streets of Veracruz State, Mexico on 24 January 2012. The wave of drug-related violence has left around 50,000 dead in Mexico, according to media counts, since President Felipe Calderon launched a crackdown on organized crime in 2006.

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