Extortion, rising threat in Mexico

csmonitor.com reported that there were 8,042 cases of extortion reported in Mexico in 2013, up from 7,272 a year earlier, according to statistics from Mexico’s federal government. In the State of Mexico, which features numerous poor Mexico City suburbs, there were 1,668 reported cases, a 58 percent increase from 2012.

Data from January indicates the increase is ongoing, with the extortion rate nearly matching 2013 for both the country and the State of Mexico. Tracking crime is an imperfect science, statisticians acknowledge, because victims may become more or less willing to report an incident from one year to the next. But for Solís Pineda, “all the time, there’s more insecurity, more fear” in his community. Read Article

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