News at Eleven: More than 35,000 people have been killed

since Mr. [President Felipe] Calderon launched a military confrontation with criminals in late 2006, and the violence shows no sign of abating.

So when Mr. [Javier] Sicilia, who also contributes to the Mexican news magazine Proceso, called for a series of simultaneous marches around Mexico to protest against the violence earlier this month, people responded.

Thousands took to the streets in Mexico City, around the country and even outside some Mexican embassies with the rallying cry "Estamos hasta la madre!", a colloquial expression meaning "enough is enough".

from BBC News: Mexico poet Javier Sicilia leads anger at drug violence
then Salem-News.com: Mexico: The Hour of the Poet

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