| Drug War had Minimal Impact on US Visitors to Mexico John Rosman - Fronteras Desk | |
| go to original April 12, 2013 |
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Did the wave cartel violence during 2007-2011 impact the number of Americans visiting Mexico? Of course, but not as much as you would think.
In three years, drug war related deaths in Mexico increased 440 percent — from 2,826 deaths in 2007 to 15,273 in 2010.
The Atlantic Wire compared the deaths of those years with air travel data from the U.S. government. The impact across a 12-month average is not as dire as one would expect.
Read the full report at The Atlantic Wire
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