Updated government data revealed that Mexico set a new record for homicides in the first half of the year with 17,608 killings, fueled partly by cartel and gang violence in several states.
The startling new figures released Monday showed that the first six month of 2019 were the most violent since 1997, when the country started keeping official numbers, including the peak year of Mexico's drug war in 2011.
The number of murders grew by 5.3% compared to the same period of 2018, when 16,714 people were killed.
Mexico saw 3,080 killings in June, an increase of over 8% from the same month a year ago, according to official figures. The nation of almost 125 million now sees as many as 100 killings per day nationwide.
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2 comments:
And we want open borders?!?!
Northwest Woodsman: Ok Marxist democrats, lets bring it here. We need a little more violence to enrich our lives. Apparently the other demographic is not providing enough.
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