IBTimes: 2017 is Mexico's bloodiest year in two decades with 23,101 murders on record
The official data is bound to deal a blow to President Enrique Pena Nieto's pledge to curb gang violence.
Mexico has witnessed one of its worst years in terms of violence, official records for 2017 reveal. The statistics indicate that 23,101 murders were investigated in the first 11 months of this year — numbers that show a steady rise from the 22,409 that were registered across the 12 months of 2011.
The figures published by the interior ministry on 22 December, indicate that 2017 has been the worst year in terms of murder since the records began two decades ago, in 1997. The states of Guerrero, Mexico and Baja California, all well-known for drug cartel-related violence, top the list with over 2,000 homicides in each.
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1 comment:
For context:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
Intentional homicide rate (excerpt)
USA: 4.88
Germany: 0.85
Uk: 0.92
Japan: 0.31
Mexico: 16.35
Canada: 1.68
Russia:11.31
So yeah, it's understandable the US is worried about illegal immigrants from Mexico and capital crime.
And Japan... damn, I always thought the Yakuza, Samurai and the daily sword fights would lead to a higher rate ;-)
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