Mexico To Track Drug War Victims, Compensate Families -- Reuters
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's new government on Wednesday introduced a long-delayed law to trace victims of a brutal drug war that has killed an estimated 70,000 people in six years, and compensate the families of those deemed innocent.
The bill, which was approved by Congress last April, had stalled after former President Felipe Calderon objected to parts of its content. New President Enrique Pena Nieto signed the bill into law on Wednesday, and it will take effect in a month.
The law comprises the creation of a fund to pay relatives up to $70,000 per innocent victim killed in attacks by drug gangs, as well as a database that aims to help record what happened to the dead.
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My Comment: This database and compensating families who lost loved ones (who are innocent) are long overdue .... but the 70,000 figure is what caught my attention.
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