Posted on Wed 09 February 2011

The most violent metropolitan areas in Mexico

I’m surprised at how much violence has increased in Mexicali and how at odds it is with the drug-related homicide data.

Year	Drug-Related Homicides	Total Homicides
2007	21	64
2008	39	106
2009	69	213

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