Independent Researchers Say Mexico Faces 'Three Wars' Against Crime Laura Yaniz - CNN Mexico
go to original April 12, 2013

MEXICO CITY - According to the 2012 Atlas of Security and Defense of Mexico, the violence that Mexico is experiencing is due to "three wars": the

• War waged by organized crime for control of territory; the
• State's offensive against those organized crime groups; and the
• War waged by the State against itself in the fight against corruption.

Research presented by the Collective Analysis of Security with Democracy (CASEDE) reported that deaths related to the "first war" went from 2,826 in 2007 to 12,903 in 2011. Deaths from alleged clashes between rival groups multiplied by a factor of almost a thousand, from 171 to 10,200 in the same period.

Another variable that portrays the clash between rival groups is the number of territories controlled by organized crime. In 2010 Los Zetas was the criminal group that controlled the most municipalities, 405; followed by the Gulf cartel with 244 municipalities; and La Familia Michoacana with 227 municipalities, according to the report.

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