Mexican Drug War Violence and Cocaine Supply Shortages, 2006-2009

Mexico is the geographic scope for this dataset, which likely contains monthly data on cocaine supply shortages and violence metrics. The data was used in an academic paper to examine the link between scarcity created by cocaine seizures in Colombia and increased violence in Mexico. Between 2006 and 2009, the decline in cocaine supply from Colombia could account for 10%-14% of the increase in violence in Mexico.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between drug supply shocks and violence based on seizure data
• Analyzing geographic variation in violent effects based on proximity to the US border
• Investigating the role of political party support as a moderating factor for violence
• Time-series analysis of cocaine market dynamics and conflict at a monthly frequency

Strengths

• Analysis is grounded in a specific theoretical model of scarcity and violence
• Paper quantifies that supply shortages could account for 10%-14% of the violence increase
• Effects are examined across different municipality characteristics (proximity to US, cartel presence, political support)

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the 2006-2009 study period

Provenance

Source

paperswithcode

Collection Method

Data was likely constructed for an academic paper analyzing the Mexican cocaine trade.

Time Range

2006 to 2009

Geography

Mexico, with focus on municipalities near the US border