How does the Justice in Mexico project track the drug war deaths?
TBI began to track drug-related violence back in 2007. The dataset as it exists now is an unofficial tally of those weekly figures report by the Mexican newspaper Reforma based in Mexico City. Reforma is a publication of Grupo Reforma– the largest printed media company in Mexico and Latin America. These data are unofficial and may not be consistent with official figures. The number of deaths reported by Reforma is a compilation of daily information reported by Grupo Reforma journalists about homicides occurring throughout the country. The killings may or may not be published, as many times available space does not allow it. To consider a death to be drug-related, Reforma takes into account the style of the crime: the weapons involved the scene and circumstances of the crime etc. Reforma data excludes those homicides in which the murderer was under the influence of drugs. Reforma’s weekly totals are updated every Monday and they are available on their website (http://www.reforma.com).
