Exactly 234,966 people have died in Mexico's 11-year drug war. Now the government wants to deploy soldiers to criminal hot spots, a move many fear will just increase violence and weaken the police.
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L. Gomez Romero, 'A record 29,000 Mexicans were murdered last year - can soldiers stop the bloodshed?' (2018) 22 February The Conversation 1-5.