From The L.A. Times:
Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora says 5,376 people have been killed so far in 2008, more than twice the toll for the first 11 months of 2007.
Reporting from Mexico City -- In a chilling assessment of Mexico's drug war, the country's top prosecutor said Monday that more than 5,000 people had been killed in drug violence so far this year, more than double the toll for the same period in 2007.
Atty. Gen. Eduardo Medina Mora released the figures in a meeting with a small group of journalists. It was the first official toll provided by the government in many months, and was substantially higher than the tallies being kept by Mexican newspapers.
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Update: Killings in Drug War in Mexico Double in ’08 -- New York Times
My Comment: And these are the bodies that have been found. I can only assume that the real figure is much higher.