much of the drug-related violence. it is changing there. for instance, from january to march of this year, there were 133 murders in the cabo area. you compare that to january to march 2016 when there were only 17 murders. that s an increase of 682%. now, the violence, as i say, being blamed on the drug cartels. there is a cartel that is strong in that region but it is now being challenged by a cartel called the new generation. and clearly those two are fighting very violently, as they always do, bill. this is likely to go on a long time. it doesn t seem as though the mexican authorities are in a position at the moment to get any kind of a grip on this violence, bill. bill: seeing and hearing it makes it different, too. thank you for that reporting in los angeles. shannon: chicago is
you can clearly hear the automatic gunfire there, three people were killed in the attack and two others wounded. their identities have not been released at this point. the shooting happened at playa paul mia, and extreme popular tourist beach in the cabo area and wonder that is surrounded by resorts, popular with american tourists. it s an area that has been largely immune to the drug related violence and parts of mexico for so long, but that is changing. the murder rate in the cabo area has shot up. in the first three modes of 2017, there were 133 murders compared to just 17 for the same period in 2015. that s an increase of nearly 700%. officials say much of the violence as a result of fighting between the long-established cartel and a younger group, the