Mexico homicide rate: 127 deaths reported in single day

The battle against drug crime in Mexico has taken a deadly turn for the worse.
The country has just notched up the most homicides in a single day since records began in 1997 after 127 were killed on December 1.
Many are now questioning the president's strategy of "hugs not bullets" in tackling drug cartel violence.

Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher reports from Mexico City.

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