MEXICO CITY, April 21 — Mexico has recorded its deadliest day this year, official data showed yesterday, with 105 murders the previous day amid the government-imposed quarantine to combat the spread of Covid-19. Sunday’s toll exceeded the latest high of 104 people on April 4, 2020, federal data...
A passenger wears a protective mask, which was declared mandatory inside trains and subway stations, as a measure to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease in Mexico City April 17, 2020. — Reuters pic
The data, collected by state prosecutors offices and federal agencies, showed the State of Mexico had the highest number of intentional homicides, with 12; Chihuahua with 10, while Mexico City, Guanajuato and Oaxaca reported nine each. The 2019 toll is the equivalent to an average of almost 95 intentional homicides per day in Mexico — a country affected by a wave of increasing violence since the end of 2006, when the fight against drug trafficking was militarized.
AMLO, a leftist-populist who took office in December 2018, maintains that violence will be less when poverty, social exclusion and lack of opportunities are fought, and the use of force against criminals is reduced.
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