Mexico murder rate surges to highest in decades amid rise in drug trafficking voilence
Relatives of Mexican journalist Carlos Dominguez Rodriguez -murdered on January 13 in the state of Tamaulipas - AFP/ Mexico saw a total of 25,339 murders last year, official data has shown, after 2017 was already established as a record-breaking year based on killings carried out until November. The interior ministry on Saturday said 2,219 people were murdered in December 2017. Authorities began collecting data in 1997, and the previous record high of 22,409 occurred in 2011. The homicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants meanwhile climbed to 20 ...
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