By KELIN DILLON Power vacuums across Mexican states created by June 6’s midterm elections have caused a dramatic spike in lethal violence throughout the country, with over 57 dead in the past few weeks throughout the course of five massacres. Six people died during a riot in a prison in Villahermosa, Tabasco, followed by seven shot dead by gunmen in
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s beginning of 2021 has started off on a violent, deadly foot. according to figures from the organization Causa en Común (Cause in Common), which registered 963 victims of atrocity in the country already this year. Cause in Common defines an atrocity as any intentional use of force to cause death, laceration or extreme mistreatment and provocation
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By KELIN DILLON A documented 515 Mexican police officers were killed in the line of duty in 2020. The figures come from Cause in Common, a non-profit organization dedicated to keeping the Mexican government responsible and honest with its citizens. According to the report, an average of 43 officers were killed in the line of duty monthly in Mexico during
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