http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/04/05/coparmex-160000-businesses-left-mexico-in-2011-due-to-violence/
A Mexican business group claims that 160,000 businesses left the nation in 2011...because of fears of violence...with homicides doubling...and kidnappings up 81%...since 2007.
It also estimates that 24 million Americans...worth $800 million in revenue...have avoided border regions...in the past 5 years.
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