Dozens of people were murdered in the last week in a new surge of Mexican drug attacks, reports Los Angeles Times.


Fourteen bodies were found in the state of San Luis Potosi, 17 in the port of Acapulco, and 12 in Mexico City itself, a locale relatively shielded from drug violence.

The wave of deaths comes not too long before the six- year anniversary of the federal government’s declaration of war on the cartels.

The violence also comes about a week after President Calderon boasted to the National Security Council that drug-related homicides has dropped 15% over the previous year.

Since the government launced its anti-cartel offencive in 2006, an estimated 60,000 people have been killed and another 10,000 are missing.