Murders in Mexico jumped in the first half of the year to the highest on record,...
FILE PHOTO: Bullet casings lie on the street near a crime scene in Acapulco, Mexico May 7, 2019. REUTERS/Javier Verdin /File Photo
There were 14,603 murders from January to June, versus the 13,985 homicides registered in the first six months of 2018, according to data posted over the weekend on the website of Mexico’s national public security office.For years Mexico has struggled with violence as consecutive governments battled brutal drug cartels, often by taking out their leaders. That has resulted in the fragmentation of gangs and increasingly vicious internecine fighting.
“Social policies are very important - we agree they’ll have positive effects. But these positive effects will be seen in the long term,” said Francisco Rivas, director of the National Citizen Observatory, a civil group that monitors justice and security in Mexico.
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