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Mexico's Streets of Blood

Mexico's murder rate reached a record high last year with close to 30 thousand dying in drug related violence. Clive Myrie visits the particularly dangerous city of Acapulco.

Mexico's murder rate reached a record high last year with close to 30 thousand dying in drug related violence. The coastal city of Acapulco is particularly dangerous, in the grip of vicious turf wars between gangs over control of the drugs trade. For Our World Clive Myrie follows a paramedic and a body collector in Acapulco, and meets a senior member of a powerful drug syndicate. This programme contains violent and bloody scenes from the start.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 31 May 201823:30GMT

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