Mexico's Vacation Paradise Marred By Drug Carnage

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Once a playground for Hollywood stars and the epitome of jet-set glamour, Acapulco has been reduced to more of a local delight. Tourism is traditionally Mexico's third largest source of revenue, but drug prohibition violence in the past 3 1/2 years has claimed some 28,000 lives and sent foreign tourists looking for other holiday destinations.

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