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More than 7,000 Protest Crime Wave in Mexico
 Associated Press
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March 29, 2010
| | People hold white balloons and flags with a peace doves at a demonstration for peace and against violence in Monterrey, Mexico, Sunday, March 28, 2010. (AP/Claudio Cruz) | |
Monterrey, Mexico — More than 7,000 people have gathered in the northern Mexico city of Monterrey to protest a wave of violence that has affected the country's third largest city in recent weeks.
Most of the protesters wore white at a rally in Monterrey's main park and some released white balloons and a white dove as signs of peace.
Nuevo Leon state Gov. Rodrigo Medina led the protesters on a brief walk through Fundidora Park. His border state has seen a surge in violence that authorities blame on a turf war between the Gulf drug cartel and the Zetas, the cartel's former hit men.
Hours before the rally Sunday, two soldiers and a civilian were wounded in a shootout between troops and gunmen in Monterrey.
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