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20 Gerardo Israel Garcia Pimentel, La Opinion de Michoacan, December 8, 2007,
Uruapan,
21 Mauricio Estrada Zamora, La Opinion de Apatzingan, February 12, 2008,
Apatzingan,
22 Teresa Bautista Merino, La Voz que Rompe el Silencio, April 7, 2008, Putla de
Guerrero,
23 Felicitas Martinez Sanchez, La Voz que Rompe el Silencio, April 7, 2008, Putla de
Guerrero,
24 Miguel Angel Villagomez Valle, La Noticia de Michoacan, October 10, 2008,
between Lazaro Cardenas and Zihuatanejo,
25 Jean Paul Ibarra Ramirez, El Correo, February 13, 2009, Iguala,
26 Carlos Ortega Samper, El Tiempo de Durango , May 3, 2009, Santa Maria del Oro,
27 Juan Daniel Martinez Gil, Radiorama and W Radio , July 28, 2009, Acapulco,
28 Jose Emilio Galindo Robles, Radio Universidad de Guadalajara, November 24, 2009,
Ciudad Guzman,
29 Jose Alberto Velazquez Lopez, Expresiones de Tulum, December 22, 2009, Tulum,
30 Jose Luis Romero, Linea Directa, January 2010, Los Mochis,
31 Jorge Ochoa Martinez, El Sol de la Costa, January 29, 2010, Ayutla de los Libres,
32 Evaristo Pacheco Solis, Vision Informativa, March 12, 2010, Chilpancingo
Appendix 4: Drug-related murders in municipalities with/without political violence
(2007 – September 2010)
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
1
1
3
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
3
Jan, 2007
Feb, 2007
Mar, 2007
Apr, 2007
May, 2007
Jun, 2007
Jul, 2007
Aug, 2007
Sep, 2007
Oct, 2007
Nov, 2007
Dec, 2007
Jan, 2008
Feb, 2008
Mar, 2008
Apr, 2008
May, 2008
Jun, 2008
Jul, 2008
Aug, 2008
Sep, 2008
Oct, 2008
Nov, 2008
Dec, 2008
Jan, 2009
Feb, 2009
Mar, 2009
Apr, 2009
May, 2009
Jun, 2009
Jul, 2009
Aug, 2009
Sep, 2009
Oct, 2009
Nov, 2009
Dec, 2009
Jan, 2010
Feb, 2010
Mar, 2010
Apr, 2010
May, 2010
Jun, 2010
Jul, 2010
Aug, 2010
Sep, 2010
Total
Mayor (drug related)
Drug-related murders at non-politically
violent municiaplities
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
Jan, 2007
Feb, 2007
Mar, 2007
Apr, 2007
May, 2007
Jun, 2007
Jul, 2007
Aug, 2007
Sep, 2007
Oct, 2007
Nov, 2007
Dec, 2007
Jan, 2008
Feb, 2008
Mar, 2008
Apr, 2008
May, 2008
Jun, 2008
Jul, 2008
Aug, 2008
Sep, 2008
Oct, 2008
Nov, 2008
Dec, 2008
Jan, 2009
Feb, 2009
Mar, 2009
Apr, 2009
May, 2009
Jun, 2009
Jul, 2009
Aug, 2009
Sep, 2009
Oct, 2009
Nov, 2009
Dec, 2009
Jan, 2010
Feb, 2010
Mar, 2010
Apr, 2010
May, 2010
Jun, 2010
Jul, 2010
Aug, 2010
Sep, 2010
Political violence increases as general violence increase but does not necessarily happen in the most
violent periods. Drug-related deaths in non-politically violent municipalities follows an increasing trend
not matched by politically violent municipalities.
Source: Rios 2010a and (XX –closed source)
General
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