Mexico drug violence kills 11

MEXICO: At least 11 people were killed Tuesday and Wednesday in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua in drug related bloodletting, state officials said.

Chihuahua, which borders the US state of Texas and includes the crime-plagued city of Ciudad Juarez, has the highest figures of criminal violence linked to the illegal drug trade, according to government figures.

Six people were killed in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas, Chihuahua state officials.

The city, with a population of some 1.2 million, reported more than 3,200 homicides in 2010, making it one of the deadliest in the world.

The victims included two men shot dead when they walked in downtown Ciudad Juarez, and another who died when assailants hurled a Molotov cocktail at his car, officials said. Ciudad Juarez, Thursday, AFP