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Acapulco

Forensic personnel work with the five corpses --presumably of victims of gangs rivalry-- found this morning in an area of Paso Texca, in Acapulco, Mexico, on May 25, 2012. 50,000 people have died in Mexico as a result of the struggle between drug cartels and the military offensive unleashed by the government since December 2006, including an undetermined number of civilian casualties.

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  • 220 youngsters fall ill from Children's Day party

    badly wrong and more than 200 youngsters were sickened after eating apparently rotten food in a village near the Pacific resort of Acapulco.Guerrero state Health Secretary Lazaro Mazon Alonso says the party was held Friday at a school in Organos village and   Read more »

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About Acapulco

Acapulco (Officially: Acapulco de Juárez) is a city and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, 300 km (190 miles) southwest from Mexico City, at 16°50′25″N, 99°54′38″W. Acapulco is located on a deep, semi-circular bay. It is a port of call for shipping and cruising lines running between Panama and San Francisco, California, USA. In 2003 the estimated population was 637,000 people.

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