Over the past five years, nearly 48,000 people have been killed in suspected drug-related violence in Mexico, the country's federal attorney general announced this month. In the first three quarters of 2011, almost 13,000 people died.
By: Charlotte Wilder | August 10, 2016 11:31 am. If medal counts were the way we determined what or who constitutes a nation, Michael Phelps would probably be invited to the G8 summit at this point. Heâs won 25 Olympic medals, 21 of them gold, which is more than any Olympian in the history of the Olympics. But Phelps has also won more medals than most countries competing in the Olympics.
News outlets across the world are reporting about Olympic swimmer, Michael Phelpsâ feat of breaking the record for the most medals ever won by an Olympian. On Tuesday night he won his record nineteenth career Olympic medal.But the road to being the worldâs greatest swimmer did not come easy. In February of 2009, 23 year-old Michael Phelps apologized for his youthful indiscretion when he was caught on camera at a party smoking a bong that allegedly contained marijuana.The party took place three months after the Olympics while he was taking a break from training after he had won 8 gold medals.ews outlets across the world are reporting about Olympic swimmer, Michael Phelpsâ feat of breaking the record for the most medals ever won by an Olympian. On Tuesday night he won his record nineteenth career Olympic medal.