tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179048494901365426.post8514252133060642058..comments2024-01-16T03:21:37.695-08:00Comments on Gancho: Monterreypchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13973333514392213258noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179048494901365426.post-90186136083558025922010-08-30T14:49:30.762-07:002010-08-30T14:49:30.762-07:00Keeping in mind that there's always some diffe...Keeping in mind that there's always some difference between the INEGI and police numbers, 4-6 would be the range for the years 2006-2009. The incredible rise in murders started somewhere between late February and early March 2010<br /><br />--DiegoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179048494901365426.post-36997142997813147432010-08-30T13:51:42.045-07:002010-08-30T13:51:42.045-07:00Thanks for the tip...Thanks for the tip...pchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973333514392213258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179048494901365426.post-30922325058954151502010-08-30T10:21:31.883-07:002010-08-30T10:21:31.883-07:00this is the best story i've read about the dec...this is the best story i've read about the decline of monterrey. throw the renegade Zetas into the mix, and you have one disastrous melting pot.<br />http://articles.latimes.com/2008/dec/07/world/fg-monterrey7malcolm beithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179048494901365426.post-5241290184893913922010-08-29T19:19:40.374-07:002010-08-29T19:19:40.374-07:00Just anecdotal evidence but a good Mexican friend ...Just anecdotal evidence but a good Mexican friend I have who has good friends in Monterrey told me that it used to be that few people in that city had been involved in problems with the narcos but now it seems that anyone you talk to has someone in their family or knows someone who has had problems. <br /><br />If this true, I think this is a serious escalation of the problems. One thing that sustains me living in Ciudad Guzman, Jalisco is that although there have been incidents here, so far I don't know anyone who has been personally effected. Now if all my friends started having stories to tell, I think the climate would change dramatically.Paul Robertshttp://livingandworkinginmexico.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179048494901365426.post-55703523028999038052010-08-29T09:25:00.978-07:002010-08-29T09:25:00.978-07:00Thanks Diego. When was the Nuevo Leon rate 4 to 6 ...Thanks Diego. When was the Nuevo Leon rate 4 to 6 per year? Was that all in one year? Whatever the case, indeed a significant leap. <br /><br />The bloqueos are weird, I dont know what to make of them. I mentioned at some point that they were said to have an operational goal when they were first cropping up, ie making it harder for the army to race across town. But it seems more than anything just like a way to kick the government in the kneecap now.pchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973333514392213258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179048494901365426.post-81552884201701083382010-08-28T23:12:41.979-07:002010-08-28T23:12:41.979-07:00Shee-it, Diego, that's an astounding leap. Min...Shee-it, Diego, that's an astounding leap. Mind boggling. A leap in violence from the sleepy New York of 1960 to the hyperviolent city of 1990, <i>compressed into one year</i>.<br /><br />I'd add the narcobloqueos have taken the challenge to the Mexican state to a entirely new level. Sort of like the squeegee men, but plus several orders of magnitude.<br /><br />There has to be a solution.Noel Maurerhttp://noelmaurer.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179048494901365426.post-29299987769744739952010-08-28T10:52:09.211-07:002010-08-28T10:52:09.211-07:00The homicide rate in Nuevo León used to be between...The homicide rate in Nuevo León used to be between 4 and 6. So far this year there have been 509 murders, that would translate to a homicide rate for the whole year of 25-30, equivalent to <a href="http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/dccrime.htm" rel="nofollow"> Washington DC </a>and much lower than Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Durango or Baja California.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888857072921986860noreply@blogger.com