VIOLENCE

=**__Comparing Violence in Mexico to the United States:__**= 1-Where is the greatest amount of violence and why. 2-What types of violence are the most concerning to people living there. 3-How effective is the government in protecting citizens and enforcing laws. 4-% of people moving due to violence-within Mexico and leaving Mexico?
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**__RESEARCHED FACTS:__** **__(//Please put your name in parathesis after each fact you post on this page.//)__** **__1.__** **__2.__** Drug-related violence in Mexico has killed nearly 30,000 people in the first 45 months of the current government, and its fast increase has been unstoppable. In 12 states - which include the six northern border states of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas - the growth of violence has been associated with the increased collaboration between gangs and cartels. Two cartels - Los Zetas and La Familia Michoacana - have the highest capacity for violence.(Stone Salomonson) **__3.they are trying to "acuire much needed thehuman and material support. more than 40,000 troops are currently deployed in the war on drugs.''the current goverment has increased the st the fight against the drug cartels which means of course that there has been an increase in violence (michael davis)__** **__4.__**  Posted on ** Sunday, September 26, 2010 11:15:14 AM ** by [|**AuntB**] CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Some 230,000 people have left Ciudad Juarez, a border city that has become Mexico’s murder capital, in the past three years as the death toll from a gang war topped 7,000, a non-governmental organization said in a new report. About 124,000 people, or 53.9 percent of the total, have sought safe haven in El Paso, Texas, which is just across the border, the Ciudad Juarez Citizens Security and Coexistence Observatory said. (Sean Kline)

**__SOURCE CITATIONS:__** **__(You must cite all of the sources you used to collect the facts you posted on this page.)__** **__1.__** **__2.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11174174__** **__3.__** Newman, Alex. "Violence in Mexico." //The New American// 3 Mar. 2009: Web. 1 Jan. **__4.__** "Over 200,000 People Leave Mexican Border City Due to Violence." //Latin American Herald Tribune// 26 Sept. 2010: Web. 1 Jan.