Article about increase in murder rates in state of GTO

[roberb7]

Two things: 1. I didn't think that the Economist article provided much insight. Instead of talking about AMLO, Meade, and Anaya, they should be talking about the candidates for Governor, Rodríguez Vallejo, Camarena (the ones with all the billboards), Sánchez Garcia, Padilla, and Solórzano. The only local politician they talked to was the mayor of Irapuato.

2. Perspective in this is always a problem. If you read http://www.borderlandbeat.com/ (which I do), you would think that it wasn't safe to go to the grocery store once a week without an armed escort. But this site is national in scope. Supposed there were a similar site for the US, that covered cop killings in Detroit, gang violence in LA, drug violence in Miami... they would be putting up articles faster than you could read them. A web site about school shooting alone would be almost as busy as Borderland Beat.