But the larger reason was to call for an end to the drug-related violence that has taken so many young lives since then.

Most of the places where these politicians have been killed are areas plagued by drug-related violence.

For homeless men there, drug-related violence is often difficult to escape.

The two eldest brothers were killed in drug-related violence a few years ago.

He added that the area had a history of drug-related violence.

So far this year, 14 people have been slain, half of them in drug-related violence, the police say.

Human rights investigators said about 65 people, including the city's last two police chiefs, have been killed in drug-related violence this year.

It is in a poor neighborhood with a history of drug-related violence.

Thus far this year in the District, the police say, roughly one person a day has been dying as a result of drug-related violence.

In the last decade, drug-related violence has caused problems for the local tourism trade.