A significant amount of U.S. media and government attention is currently being paid to the immigration crisis along the southwest border. There is a violent drug war being fought in Mexico, and gang violence is overwhelming governments in Central America. Border Patrol apprehension numbers along the southern border are usually in the hundreds of thousands […]
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Don’t Be Fooled Comparing Mexico/U.S. Crime Rates
Murders in two very different places have been making headlines lately, and they appear to be leading both tourists and people in the travel industry in two very different directions when it comes to making vacation plans. Every weekend, Chicago media outlets report on murders and shootings that occurred, and the numbers—sometimes in the double […]