Mexico's Secretary of National Defense has reported the following drug war stats for the period Dec. 1, 2006 through Nov. 30, 2012:
Arrests for narcotics trafficking, organized crime and offenses against the public health: 50,384. Virtually all drug crimes in Mexico are classified as violations of federal or state health statutes.
Marijuana seizures: 11,500 short tons (10.43 million kilograms).
Cocaine seizures: 36,365 short tons.
Weapons seized, short and long: 125,554. Almost all firearms are prohibited under Mexican law. About 80% were legally acquired in the United States, according to authorities in this country.
Soldiers killed: 395, with 137 missing in action or reported as deserters.
Indemnification for violations of civil rights: $22 million pesos ($1.7 million dollars) to 85 families. The money was paid for various crimes committed by armed forces units on active duty, including murder, assault, rape, violation of human rights and gross negligence during military operations (Mexican Supreme Court strips military courts of criminal jurisdiction in offenses against civilians).
All of the above occurred during the six year term of former president Felipe Calderón, who left office on Dec. 1. Neither the previous PAN government nor the new PRI administration of president Enrique Peña Nieto has issued an aggregate national death toll for the same period, but a reliable Mexican news source reported on Nov. 30 that it was about 59,000. The last official government report on that subject was released almost a year ago, on Jan. 11, 2012.
A publication carried this bitter indictment of the just departed PAN administration in today's edition, asking rhetorically, "Who will remember Felipe Calderón?"
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