In the debate on immigration reform in the US, the facts on safety in Mexico have become a casualty of politics. To change public opinion and policy, politicians sometimes throw fuel on the fire. If you make up an exciting story about "severed heads in the desert", it gets a lot of attention and people believe it. The homicide rates below are facts from the FBI, not political fabrications.



Dayton Ohio has a violent crime rate almost double that of the rest of the US and 1 in 212 people are resistered sex offenders.

Do we say that everyone should move from Ohio or withhold purchases and travel? Certainly not. We just stay away from the troubled areas.

Don't go to Cedar Point until Dayton does something about that crime rate!

Sounds pretty silly right? Parts of Mexico are very troubled other parts are just fine. It's a big country.