Homicides in Mexico Appear to Drop By 15% Last Year, Analysis Says Jill Replogle - Fronteras Desk
go to original April 17, 2014

A University of San Diego report on drug violence in Mexico finds that homicides are down overall in the country, but the number of killings in Tijuana is up from 2012. (KPBSSanDiego)

A new analysis of violence in Mexico found that homicides appear to have dropped by about 15 percent last year compared to 2012.

There's good news and bad news in the latest report on drug violence from the University of San Diego's Justice in Mexico Project. Homicides across Mexico appeared to be on the decline from their high point in 2011. Mexican authorities would like to take credit for that decrease. David Shirk, one of the report's authors, said that's debatable.

"In some areas, for example, Baja, Chihuahua, states along the border, certain cartels have established a monopoly, so they don't need to fight anyone to get back to business," Shirk said.

He said Mexico's crackdown on drug cartels may actually have contributed to the grisly violence there in recent years.

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