Mexico is also more dangerous than Iraq right now.
Real shithole.
80% of heavily populated areas in Mexico are controlled by cartels rather than the Mexican Government.
Several weeks ago, the Mexican investigative journal Contralinea posted a map of Mexico prepared by the government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), showing that 80 percent of the country’s 266 districts recently targeted for enforcement by the Mexican National Guard in a new counter-cartel operation are either controlled (57.5 percent) or disputed (23.3 percent) by the cartels. "Only 53 (19.92 percent) enjoy a low level of violence, which means that control is exercised by the authorities," reported Contralinea on May 4, citing the data on the color-coded map.
As you'd guess, red means cartel control, yellow means disputed control, and green means effective government control (and low levels of cartel violence).
Mapa: El despliegue militar de la Guardia Nacional en 266 coordinaciones
Real shithole.
80% of heavily populated areas in Mexico are controlled by cartels rather than the Mexican Government.
Several weeks ago, the Mexican investigative journal Contralinea posted a map of Mexico prepared by the government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), showing that 80 percent of the country’s 266 districts recently targeted for enforcement by the Mexican National Guard in a new counter-cartel operation are either controlled (57.5 percent) or disputed (23.3 percent) by the cartels. "Only 53 (19.92 percent) enjoy a low level of violence, which means that control is exercised by the authorities," reported Contralinea on May 4, citing the data on the color-coded map.
As you'd guess, red means cartel control, yellow means disputed control, and green means effective government control (and low levels of cartel violence).
Mapa: El despliegue militar de la Guardia Nacional en 266 coordinaciones
