President Calderon gave his final INFORME today…a “state of the union” speech. Note this interesting sentence in the AP story:
“Government statistics show 21,500 homicides in the first half of 2012, compared to about 25,000 for the entire year of 2007, Calderon’s first full year in office.”
According to the latest releases from INEGI, there were 8,867 murders in 2007… So, I’m not sure what statistics AP is using…
If there were indeed 21,500 homicides in the first 6 months of 2012, then my estimate of about 116,000 dead for Calderon’s term would be much higher…
I’ll try to gather more information and analysis on the President’s speech and post tomorrow…molly
