Kidnap Risk

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Gruesome find: a drug cartel victim in Mexico

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Intersec November 2012 issue

2012 Threat Watch: Paul McGrath, Director of Violent Risk Forecasting at Exclusive Analysis, discusses the violent hotspots at which there is an increasing kidnap risk in 2012

Mexico

“Express” kidnapping expands


The risk kidnap has been increasing steadily in Mexico. Victims are predominantly Mexicans, and the risk that they will be murdered is very significant. Between December 2006 and the end of 2010 there were 2,455 reported cases, compared with 2,593 in the whole six-year term of the Fox administration (2000-2006). The drug cartels’ need to finance their turf wars, together with police collusion in many kidnappings, means this trend is unlikely to decline significantly in the next year.

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