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With 25,339 murders in 2017, Mexico suffers record homicide tally
Source: Reuters
#WORLD NEWS JANUARY 21, 2018 / 1:43 PM / UPDATED 4 MINUTES AGO
With 25,339 murders in 2017, Mexico suffers record homicide tally
Reuters Staff
2 MIN READ
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - There were more than 25,000 murders across drug-ravaged Mexico in 2017, the highest annual tally since modern records began, government data showed.
Investigators opened 25,339 murder probes last year, up nearly 25 percent from the 2016 tally, interior ministry data released on Saturday showed. It was the highest annual total since the government began counting murders in 1997.
Mexico has struggled with years of violence as the government has battled vicious drug cartels that have increasingly splintered into smaller, more bloodthirsty, gangs.
Violence is a central issue in July’s presidential election. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto faces an uphill battle to keep his ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party in office.
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With 25,339 murders in 2017, Mexico suffers record homicide tally
Reuters Staff
2 MIN READ
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - There were more than 25,000 murders across drug-ravaged Mexico in 2017, the highest annual tally since modern records began, government data showed.
Investigators opened 25,339 murder probes last year, up nearly 25 percent from the 2016 tally, interior ministry data released on Saturday showed. It was the highest annual total since the government began counting murders in 1997.
Mexico has struggled with years of violence as the government has battled vicious drug cartels that have increasingly splintered into smaller, more bloodthirsty, gangs.
Violence is a central issue in July’s presidential election. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto faces an uphill battle to keep his ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party in office.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-violence/with-25339-murders-in-2017-mexico-suffers-record-homicide-tally-idUSKBN1FA12R
