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2018 Was Mexico’s Most Violent Year

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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One Third of Mexicans Cast Blame on Female Victims of Violence

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     Nearly one in three Mexicans believe that female victims of gender-based violence somehow provoked and are responsible for the situation that led to their attacks, according to a study by the University of the Valley of Mexico’s (UVM) Center for Public Opinion. The study, which was the result of interviews conducted last February with adult members of

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