Rough Day

Mexico's collective hopes that 2010 turns out to be a safer year are off to a disappointing start: according to El Universal, 69 people were killed as a result of organized crime yesterday. Excélsior is reporting a lower number, but even its figure of 52 deaths would make it the deadliest day of Calderón's term. Twenty-six of those killed were in Juárez, according to the El Universal numbers.