EXODUS TO THE U.S.
A recent studyconducted by100 journalism
students in four universities in the U.S.and Mex-
ico revealed that since December 2006, when
Mexican President Felipe Calderon took office,
more than 125,000 middle- and upper-income
Mexicans have fled northern Mexico for states
that include Texas, California, Michigan and
Florida.The reason is the massive drug-related
violence that has claimed over 40,000 lives since
then. Many have expressed how nice it is in the
United States, where they can go out with little
fear of being robbed, shot or beheaded.