Mapping the Dead from Mexico's Drug War
This website tracks and maps the narco-related killings in Mexico, which now exceed 40,000 since the start of the Mexican drug war in December 2006. The map above (click to enlarge) shows the deaths in Mexico over just one 6-1/2 month period from May 15, 2010 to December 2010. Death maps for other periods are available at the website. Here's the map legend:
The RED balloons are civilians. The RED balloons with a dot are politicians, and other high profile killings. The BLUE balloons are police officers and soldiers (and other law enforcement officials). The BLUE balloons with a dot are high ranking officers. The YELLOW suns represent car bombs and the 2 GREEN people represent mass graves.
16 Comments:
Campeche here I come!
Be careful what you wish for...
Mexico has a crime war. If drugs didn't exist, that wouldn't stop the crime war.
Where are balloon colors for police and soldiers who were also part of the drug-running efforts?
One unintended side effect of drug laws is that it corrupts police--so much money sloshing around.
How about mapping the dead from America's drug usage?
Mexico has a narco-related death problem. Without the prohibition on narcotics, you don't have the narco-related deaths. If we made alcohol illegal, we would have thousands of alcohol-related deaths tied to organized crime. Without prohibition of alcohol we don't have any deaths related to the distribution of alcohol.
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"Since President Felipe Calderón launched a crackdown against cartels in 2006 more than 28,000 alleged criminals have been killed.
Of the total drug-related violence only 4% are innocent people, mostly by-passers and people trapped in between shootings; 90% accounts for criminals and 6% for military personnel and police officers.
Total crimes per capita average 12 per 1,000 people in Mexico, ranking as the 39th worst in a survey of 60 countries.
As of 2009 Mexico's homicide rate varied from 10~14 per 100,000 inhabitants; the world average is 10.9 per 100,000 inhabitants."
We can eliminate the crime of murder by making it legal.
However, would that have a positive or negative effect on society?
"We can eliminate the crime of murder by making it legal."
Surely you understand the difference between a crime with a victim and a crime without one.
"Mexico has a narco-related death problem. Without the prohibition on narcotics, you don't have the narco-related deaths. If we made alcohol illegal, we would have thousands of alcohol-related deaths tied to organized crime. Without prohibition of alcohol we don't have any deaths related to the distribution of alcohol."
Are you suggesting that if Mexico completely legalized drugs, then all the drug related problems would vanish?
"Are you suggesting that if Mexico completely legalized drugs, then all the drug related problems would vanish?"
No, I believe he is suggesting that if the US legalized all drugs, that there wouldn't be narco related deaths in Mexico.
How many are from ATF's Fast and Furious gun smuggling debacle?
Actually, Mexico legalized personal possession of small amounts a couple of years ago when I was living there.
It's still illegal to transport and sell the drugs which is what the violence is about. The US is a lucrative market and the drugs will move one way or another.
Michael Hoff: You mean, like, cigarettes? It would be huge, millions every year.
However, I do not recommend outlawing cigarettes.
I will say this: If I had a choice of just one drug to outlaw, it would be cigarettes. There is no more destructive, yet addictive, drug than cigarettes.
Lots of people drink too much, and start smoking in college. As they become adults, they usually drink less--but cannot quit the cigs.
We get a ton of drugs from Canada, yet Canada doesn't have the dead from the "Drug War" that Mexico has. How do you explain this? Is it because Mexico's civil society- courts & police- were corrupt long before the "drug war" and Canada's civil society wasn't.
The amount coming in from Canada is trivial compared to the amount coming thru Mexico.
Mexico is on the direct route to the US while Canada is a backdoor and out-of-the-way route ... which BTW, must go past the primary destination (the US and the police state there) to get to Canada ... Why would you bypass the whole west coast to smuggle drugs into Canada in order to bring them to the US?
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