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Mexico to send troops to stem violence after record 25,000 murders
National Security Commissioner Renato Sales said federal police troops will work with local officials to round up known major criminals and bolster investigations.
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More than 25,000 murders were recorded last year as rival drug gangs increasingly splintered into smaller, more blood-thirsty groups after more than a decade of a military-led campaign to battle the cartels.
Violence is a central issue ahead of the presidential election in July. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto’s ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party is trailing in third place in recent polls.
