The Numbers Game in Murder Statistics
It looks as though leftist Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial “hugs, not bullets” policy is not working too well
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October Makes Mexico’s Most Violent Month of 2022
By KELIN DILLON Only weeks after hactivist group Guacamaya revealed to the public that 72 percent of Mexico is under control of organized crime groups, Mexico experienced its most violent month of the year yet, registering 2,481 intentional homicides throughout Oct. 2022. A total of 92 intentional murders were committed on Monday, Oct. 31 alone, says information publicized by Mexico’s
Read moreEdoMéx, Baja California among Mexican States with Highest Impunity
By MARK LORENZANA The State of Mexico (EdoMéx), Baja California, Veracruz, Puebla and Querétaro are the Mexican states that lead the 2022 Impunity Index in Mexico, which was prepared by the Center for Studies on Impunity and Justice (CESIJ), the University of the Americas Puebla and the International Academic Council. The five aforementioned states are followed by Jalisco, Sinaloa, Aguascalientes, Chiapas and
Read moreEnd of the Road for the Sledgehammer
By RICARDO CASTILLO José Antonio Yépez Ortiz, alias “El Marro” or “The Sledgehammer,” rose up the ranks of Mexico’s crime hierarchy from a petty thief to leader and founder of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel. El Marro was arrested on Sunday, Aug. 2, and is to be arraigned at the maximum-security prison at Almoloya de Juárez in the State
Read moreArmed Assailants Kill 24 in Irapuato
XINHUA Armed assailants attacked a rehabilitation center in the central Mexican town of Irapuato on Wednesday, July 1, killing 24 people and injuring another seven, local media reported. The afternoon attack targeted a rehabilitation center for young drug addicts in the community of Arandas, near Irapuato in the state of Guanajuato, local daily Correo quoted Irapuato Police Chief Pedro Cortés
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO Joins the Energy Fray Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) joined the mounting energy fray after the Supreme Court admitted a challenge by the Federal Economic Competition Commission (Cofece) against the Energy Secretariat (Sener), stopping the implementation of the Policy for Trustworthiness, Security, Continuity and Quality in the National Electrical System, which was published in
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