Figure 1. Mexican state homicide rates per 100,000 people: 2006, 2012, 2018. (Maps created by Sandra Ley using data of Mexico mortality, 1990–2020, from INEGI.) More

Figure 2. Perception of insecurity among residents aged 18 and older in Mexican metropolitan areas, March 2020 ( INEGI 2020c ). More

Figure 3. Mérida, Conkal, and Kanasín with privadas marked. (Map made by the authors with data on privadas obtained by using Street View on Google Earth, January 2021, and through personal visits to many of the neighborhoods in January and February 2021.) More

Figure 4. Percentage of interstate migrants in Mexico classified as security migrants by destination and sending state, 2015–2020. ( INEGI 2020a ; 2000 ; authors’ calculations. Data are from national and state level summaries under “Cuestionario básico,” “Migración.”) More