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Hundreds flee drug violence - and their homes - in Mexico

The number of internally displaced people in Mexico pales in comparison to those forced to flee rural areas of Colombia, for example, but the number is growing.

By Sara Miller Llana, Staff writer / May 26, 2011

Mexico City Ghost towns are nothing new in Mexico. Entire villages have long been left empty, as residents with no way to make a living migrate to the US for jobs.

But now a force beyond mere economics is causing Mexicans to shutter their windows and flee: drug violence.

Read the full article in the Christian Science Monitor