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    July 13, 2011

More 12 Killed in Northern Mexico Violence

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   A member of a forensic team works at a crime scene where five men were
   gunned down in Ciudad Juarez July 12, 2011.
   Photo: Reuters
   A member of a forensic team works at a crime scene where five men were
   gunned down in Ciudad Juarez July 12, 2011

   At least 14 people were killed Tuesday in three separate incidents
   across northern Mexico.
   At least four of the deaths came when gunmen opened fire at a soccer
   field in Ciudad Juarez.
   The attacks were the latest in a wave of suspected drug cartel
   violence.
   Four years ago President Felipe Calderon deployed tens of thousands of
   troops to take on the powerful drug traffickers. The escalating drug
   war has caused nearly 40,000 deaths.

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