AdvertisementViolence Reaches New Peak In Mexican Drug WarJune 18, 2010Jason BeaubienfacebookEmailMexican marines run down a street after a gun battle erupted Wednesday in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, Mexico. A national newspaper reported that on Monday 96 people were assassinated in drug-related violence across the country — the highest daily death toll since Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared war on the drug cartels in December 2006. (AP)