The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
Oct 28, 2011
Drug War - Collateral Damage: Central Mexico Reports Rise of Narco-Refugees
InSight Crime: "Officials in the relatively peaceful central Mexican state of Queretaro said the region has grown in recent years, due to an influx of so-called “narco-refugees” fleeing drug violence in more dangerous parts of the country. According to Queretaro state government figures quoted by Milenio, 94,000 people have come to the state in the last five years."
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