This article from the L.A. Times is about Monterrey, Mexico and the drug war. Monterrey is one of Mexico's wealthiest cities and has two times the national GDP per capita. Some of Mexico's best schools are in the city and it is the economic center of the country. For some time it has been untouched by the violence and corruption that is plaguing the rest of the country, but just now has that violence been seeping into the country. The wealth and affluence has made Monterrey an easy place for criminals to launder money, and the authorities in the city have began to lose control. Many think that this increase in crime is because Monterrey has turned a blind eye to the drug crime that has been going on in the city. This has to do with transparency because a city's money as able to shield it from crime and corruption