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105 intentional homicides were reported on Sunday, April 19, which places it for now as the most violent day so far in 2020, according to a daily security report by the federal government. The difference with the previous day is 28 more cases.
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Moreover, it is the sixth time in the year that there are records of more than 100 homicides, meanwhile, it is in the present when there have been three days under this characteristic – the most violent weekend of the year was from April 3 to 5, with 284 crimes.
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So far this month there are 1,605 victims and there is an average of 84.5 homicides per day, which means an increase of one percentage point compared to March – it was the most violent month so far in 2020-.
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But if you compare the daily average for April 2019 against that registered in 2020, the increase is 13%, which means that 10 more victims are reported.
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The entities with the most cases are: Mexico state (12), Chihuahua (10), Mexico City (9), Guanajuato and Oaxaca (9). Meanwhile, in 7 of the 32 entities there was no record in this regard.
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The data is collected by Ministry of Security and Citizen Protectiona (SSPC), Secretary of National Defense (Sedena), Marine Secretary (Semar) and General Prosecutor of the Republic (FGR).
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Regarding the violence that exists in the country. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador He mentioned: “We continue to have problems with homicides, not even because this coronavirus situation exists, they have calmed down.”
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Subsequently, he referred to the fact that drug trafficking cartels began to distribute pantries among the low-income population, “better put him down and think of his families.”
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In the period from April 13 to 19, a total of 592 cases were reported. A third of the cases were registered in the entities of Guanajuato, Estado de México and Baja California, where a third of the cases are concentrated.
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In the case of Guanajuato was the territory where the most murders were committed during 2019, with 4,494, according to data from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP).
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Meanwhile, the opposite case is experienced by Yucatan and Baja California Sur, no homicide was reported.
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March, the most violent month under AMLO’s management
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The health contingency has not changed the context of violence in Mexico and March was one of the most violent months under the López Obrador administration, when registering 2,585 victims of murder, according to the daily report of intentional homicides.
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On average in the third month of the year 83 people died daily, when 76.6 cases were registered in January. It is an increase of 9% in two months
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As preliminary figures are those released by the federal government, there may be an underreporting of cases that varies between 10 and 20%, according to the website of Political Animal, which would mean between 2,750 and 3,000 victims.
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