Violence

Since last Friday, there has been a significant uptick in large-scale violence around Mexico, with massacres in Tamaulipas, Michoacán, Chihuahua, Mazatlán, and, now, in Taxco, Guerrero. The government is investigating whether Édgar La Barbie Villareal is among the dead in the latter event, which would make him the biggest capo to fall at least since Teo García in January.