Out of the approximately 2.5 million U.S. visitors to Mexico in the first half of 2009, at least 126 Americans died of non-natural causes, according to U.S. State Department statistics.
The Los Angeles Times points out that, of these, there were:
36 homicides, and
22 drownings.
The balance of the non-natural deaths resulted from accidents and suicides.
Wend Magazine [...]