Instinto de Vida in Mexico and Brazil (May 12, 2017)
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Homicide stats -- and the interesting headlines they invite -- are a perennial source of debate among the experts that produce and refute them. Last year it was all about the world's murder capital (disputed between San Salvador and Caracas). This week there's been some noise over a study that claimed murders in Mexico are second only to war-torn Syria, and experts who question why Mexico was singled out over the rest of the region's homicide hotspots. (See
Instinto de Vida in Mexico and Brazil (May 12, 2017)
Instinto de Vida in Mexico and Brazil (May…
Instinto de Vida in Mexico and Brazil (May 12, 2017)
Homicide stats -- and the interesting headlines they invite -- are a perennial source of debate among the experts that produce and refute them. Last year it was all about the world's murder capital (disputed between San Salvador and Caracas). This week there's been some noise over a study that claimed murders in Mexico are second only to war-torn Syria, and experts who question why Mexico was singled out over the rest of the region's homicide hotspots. (See