AZMEX UPDATE 21-12-18

AZMEX UPDATE 21 DEC 2018



Last month of EPN ( Enrique Peña Nieto ) confirms unprecedented violence in Mexico
Guanajuato leads the intentional homicides with 2 thousand 988 cases
SIN EMBARGO Mx
12/21/2018 | 5:35

https://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones/view/Ultimo-mes-de-epn-confirma-violencia-inedita-en-mexico-1151091

Mexico City (SinEmbargo) .- At least 2,686 people were murdered in Mexico in November,
the last of the administration of Enrique Peña Nieto.

Their cases were concentrated in 2,336 investigation folders opened for intentional homicide.

From January to November the number of victims rose to 30, 449, of which 26,376 research folders were opened, according to the figures issued today by the Executive Secretariat of Public Security (SENSP).

In November the homicide decreased, with 129 victims less than those registered in October, when the figure rose to 2,815.

Guanajuato was positioned as the most violent state with at least 2 thousand 988 victims of intentional homicide, with a total of 2 thousand 367 investigation folders initiated.
Baja California was ranked second, with a total of 2 thousand 872 victims, in 2 thousand 570 research folders.
The State of Mexico, in third place, registers a total of 2 thousand 396 people murdered, in 2 thousand 120 folders initiated.

Guerrero reports a 1,285 victims of intentional homicide from January to November;
Jalisco, 2,179;
Chihuahua 2,028;
Michoacán, 1,488;
Veracruz, 1,482;
Puebla, 1,172 and
Mexico City, 1,213 cases.

According to official figures in the period of Enrique Peña Nieto, from December 2012 to November 2018, 124,296 folders of malicious homicide investigations were opened in Mexico.

In relation to feminicide in Mexico, official figures report a total of 786 victims concentrated in 760 investigations. A novelty presented by the SNSP this month is that it has disaggregated feminicide by type in its statistics. Most of the feminicides in Mexico have been registered by other means, followed by firearms with a total of 183 murders, then 156 committed with a other weapon and 28 unspecified.

From January to November a total of 1,072 kidnappings have been recorded. August was the month with the highest number of deprivations of liberty with a total of 119 cases. In the crime of extortion, the Government reports a total of 5 thousand 820 people affected.

Practically year after year the intentional homicides were increasing during the administration that ended.
Only in 2017 (2018 has not concluded) the figure came to shoot down any record of recent years with 32 thousand 79 victims of intentional homicides.

Academics and security experts agree that Peña Nieto's strategy in the fight against violence and organized crime failed miserably, despite the capture of drug trafficking leaders, such as Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera. . However, the captures of the criminal heads further accentuated the deaths in the country.

Likewise, as the federal administration progressed, the expansion of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) was consolidated in a large part of the country until it reached a presence in 22 of 32 states, and with this the levels of violence increased.

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