Born Then2006–2025
Life during the Mexican drug war
Be born in a place it hit, a few years before it began, and see what it did to five ordinary lives.
What it meant for ordinary people
After the government sent the army against drug cartels in 2006, violence among cartels and between cartels and the state drove homicides to record levels. Extortion, kidnapping and disappearances touched ordinary families across many states.
Deaths: several hundred thousand homicides since 2006, and over 100,000 people reported missing.
How hard it hits each person in the game (risk of death, of being conscripted, of leaving) comes from scholarly estimates.
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