By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In 2018, there were 33,341 homicides in Mexico, up more than 15 percent from 2017, when 28,866 murders were registered, according to the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Safety Protection System (SESNSP). That makes 2018 the year with the highest number of murders since the government first began taking an annual registry in
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Despite a recent surge in violence and the shooting death of seven men in a local bar on Jan. 5, Playa del Carmen is a safe destination for tourism, the Mexican Caribbean resort town’s recently instated mayor, Laura Esther Beristáin Navarrete told a small gathering of journalists in Mexico City on Wednesday, Jan. 9. “Yes, we have
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As 2017 comes to a close, Mexico has reached the dubious distinction of having recorded it most violent year on record, with more than 23,000 murders
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