Crime In Mexico

A Mexican NGO called the Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y Justicia Penal, A.C. (Citizen Council for Public Security and Penal Justice), whose president is Jose Antonio Ortega Sanchez, released a list of the worlds’ 50 cities with the highest homicide rates in 2017. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, […]

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There were 25,339 reported murders in Mexico from January to November of 2017. The murder rate was 19.5 homicides per 100,000 people.  That’s the highest murder rate since the Mexican government has been keeping track, in 1997. That’s really  bad.   But other Latin American countries have high murder rates, some higher than Mexico’s. For the […]

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Mexico is a tourist bonanza, with so many interesting places to visit, and it’s good for the Mexican economy. But continuing reports of Mexican violence can scare away tourists and potentially hurt Mexico’s tourist industy. So the discussion continues…. To read the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published September 18th, 2017, on […]

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Allan on August 10th, 2017

There’s no way around it.  Mexico’s violence is worsening.  No matter how you slice and dice the statistics, that conclusion is unavoidable.  For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published July 31st, 2017, on Mexidata.info.

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A recent tweet by President Donald Trump tapped into the ongoing dialogue over how dangerous Mexico is. So how dangerous is Mexico?  And should people visit Mexico? For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published July 10th, 2017 on VDARE.COM.  .

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Evaluations of 2016 Mexican violence continue to be released.  The latest is from the London-based International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) which lists the Mexican Drug War as the world’s second-deadliest conflict, after the Syrian Civil War. This ranking has been disputed by the Mexican government. For the entire article, click, here. Article by Allan […]

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A Mexican NGO called the Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y Justicia Penal, A.C. (Citizen Council for Public Security and Penal Justice), whose president is Jose Antonio Ortega Sanchez, released a list of the world’s 50 cities with the highest homicide rates in 2016. In order to be on the list, the city must […]

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The consulting firm Verisk Maplecroft compiled a Crime Rate Index for calendar year 2016, and Mexico is ranked the third most dangerous country in the world.  The list was released in December of 2016. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published March 20th, 2017, on Mexidata.info.

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A Mexican NGO called the Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y Justicia Penal, A.C. (Citizen Council for Public Security and Penal Justice)  released a list of the world’s 50 cities with the highest homicide rates in 2015. In order to be on the list, the city must have at least 300,000 inhabitants.  The ranking […]

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Allan on January 26th, 2016

In a new year, Mexican homicide statistics from the previous year are published. It’s a grisly business, examining statistics representing real people who were homicide victims. Hopefully, patterns can be found in these morbid statistics, knowledge of which could be used to reduce homicides. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published […]

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