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It seems as if violence is everywhere, but it's really on the run. Yes, thousands of people have died in bloody unrest from Africa to Pakistan, while terrorists plot bombings and kidnappings. Wars drag on in Iraq and Afghanistan. In peaceful Norway, a man massacred 69 youths in July. In Mexico, headless bodies turn up, victims of drug cartels. This month eight people died in a shooting in a California hair salon.

More Americans in Mexico are falling victim to a wave of drug violence sweeping the country, a change driven home by the recent killing of a U.S. Consulate employee and her husband who were gunned down after leaving a children's birthday party....

The U.S. State Department issued an updated travel alert for Mexico on Monday, adding Durango and Coahuila to a list of states with areas it urged U.S. citizens to avoid visiting due to rising violence.

An "insatiable" appetite in the United States for illegal drugs is to blame for much of the violence ripping through Mexico, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday.

The Obama administration on Tuesday announced sharp increases in the number of federal agents and the use of technology along the border.

Drug related violence has gotten so bad that the U.S. State Department recently issued a travel alert for Mexico. But, as Seth Doane reports, that's not stopping tens of thousands of American college students heading south for spring break.

With drug-fueled violence and corruption escalating, many fear drug cartels are too powerful for Mexico to control. Here's why things are getting worse, and what it means for the U.S.