'More than 200,000 Mexicans displaced by drug war'

from trust.org.......

"Around 230,000 Mexicans have been forced from their homes to escape violence from Mexico’s drug war, of whom about half are seeking refuge in the United States.

Latin America News Dispatch reports from the border town of El Paso in Texas and looks at why so many Mexicans are fleeing their homes and their fate in the United States.

Some Mexicans, especially those living in and around violence-plagued border towns cross into the U.S. illegally, others apply for asylum status. But only a small fraction of Mexicans who apply are granted asylum"...........READ MORE