“Saturday’s murder of Gisela Mota, less than twenty-four hours into her term as the newly inaugurated mayor of Temixco, Mexico is outrageous, infuriating and heartbreaking — all the more so because it isn’t new, it’s old.” Don Winslow explains why we all have a role in this and other drug war murders. (I’d like to see some publication do a comparison of terrorist related deaths and drug war related deaths.)

+ AP: Mexico violence has caused drop in male life expectancy.