Drug wars - 116 undocumented migrants in Mexican mass grave

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Only 100 miles from the Texas border... the Zetas cartel threatens undocumented migrants to become mules to smuggle their dugs into the U.S. - if you refuse, you pay with your life...

The toll of murder victims buried in a series of mass graves in northern Mexico has risen to 116, Mexico's attorney general said on Tuesday, blaming the atrocity on the brutal Zetas drug cartel.

More than 37,000 people have been killed since President Felipe Calderon sent in the army to fight the drug gangs in 2006, worrying Washington and some investors and tarnishing Mexico's international image as a top tourist destination.

The victims in Tamaulipas, one of the drug war's worst flashpoints, may have been killed after refusing to work for the Zetas, according to media reports. The gang is increasingly making a name for itself as the most violent of Mexico's powerful cartels.

The graves were near a ranch where 72 Central and South American migrants were killed last year by the Zetas preying on undocumented migrants heading north in search of work in the United States.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/12/us-mexico-drugs-idUSTRE73B7HP20110412

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1. tragic

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2. kicked and recc'ed for exposure