Hunting for Mexico’s mass graves with machine learning

Hunting for Mexico's mass graves with machine learning

Over the last decade, Mexican drug cartels have been fighting each other-and corrupt police and military units-for control of the lucrative drug trade, plunging the country into chaos. Outsiders might think of Mexico as sunny and tequila-soaked, but beyond the beach resorts of Cancun and Mazatlan there hides a grimmer tale: levels of murder, rape, and kidnapping are hitting levels rarely seen outside hotspots in Africa, Asia, and South America.