Northern Mexican cities are among the hemisphere's most
violent. Across the border, it's a different story.
Border fence between San Diego and Tijuana. Public domain. |
By Juan Carlos Garzón-Vergara, openDemocracy
July 3, 2017
Part of the justification for President Donald Trump’s
“great wall” is that it is needed to keep America protected from what lies
below – northern Mexico is rife with drug violence and there exists a very real
risk of that violence spilling over into American cities and towns.
But the dynamics of the drug trade – and the numbers – point
to a different reality.
At the Igarapé Institute, we’ve compiled the most up-to-date
official homicide data from both sides of the border. The results show that
towns along the U.S. side are among the safest in the country; northern Mexico,
meanwhile, is one of the most violent places in the hemisphere. They also
suggest that the threat of spillover violence is unlikely to increase or
decrease with the presence of a physical wall.[…]
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