Submitted by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute,
We often hear about homicide rates in Mexico and how they are among the highest in the world. While that is true for some parts of Mexico, much of Mexico — where nearly 80 percent of the population lives — has much lower rates than what are often quoted in the media.
A long and recently bizarre story came to a violent end last week when the world’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, was captured after a raid on a safe house in the coastal city of Los Mochis.
Guzmán was captured in 2014 by some of the same marines who conducted Friday’s raid but escaped from prison via an underground tunnel last year. Legend has it he also escaped from a high security facility in 2001 by hiding in a laundry basket.