Brito said some of the murders can be linked to criminals who persecute homosexual men and other suspects who kill transgender sex workers. Read about our approach to external linking. At least 26 gay persons have been killed during the first four months of 2020, including 20 transgender women. Homicides were up 15 percent in the northern border state of Chihuahua and 11 percent in the western state of Jalisco. For the first nine months of 2019, Mexico had 25,890 murders—almost six times as many murders per 100,000 people as in the U.S. Despite the arrest or killing of leading kingpins, the campaign has not succeeded in reducing drug violence and has led to more than 200,000 murders as criminal groups fight among themselves. A drag queen in wedding dress and rainbow umbrella at a 2018 LGBT+ parade in Mexico City, Supporters [photographed above July 1, 2019] wave gay pride rainbow flags during a rally on the one-year anniversary of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's election, in the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, Contestants in the Miss Transgender Beauty pageant from the states of Jalisco, Sonora and Nuevo Leon competed in swimsuits during the July 27, 2019 event in Mexico City. Debes completar todos los campos obligatorios para poder continuar. Revealed: One person is killed every 14 minutes in Mexico and last year was the country's deadliest EVER with 35,588 murders. The state with the highest murder rate so far in 2019 was Guanajuato, in central Mexico, where two powerful drug cartels - Jalisco New Generation and Santa Rosa de Lima - are fighting for control. In 2018, a scandal erupted in Guadalajara when the stench of decomposition led to the discovery of a trailer containing 273 corpses which had been parked in a suburban neighbourhood. "The data I have shows something else, you're not controlling, to the contrary, many Mexicans continue to die," Mr Ramos challenged the president. In addition, nearly 5,000 people disappeared in Mexico in 2019 and were not found. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has acknowledged that crime and violence are the toughest challenges he faces. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File). families often left to search for their loved ones, the discovery of a trailer containing 273. 'I maintain that the greatest damage to Mexico has been done by white-collar criminals,' he said, adding that it was a distraction to focus on drug lords like Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman as past administrations did, because Guzman stole far less than corrupt businessmen and politicians. Mexico’s militarised crackdown on organised crime has left nearly 39,000 unidentified bodies in the country’s morgues, which are often unable to handle the volume of corpses brought in for autopsies. By Associated Press and Reuters and Adry Torres For Dailymail.com, Published: 16:57 GMT, 21 January 2020 | Updated: 18:30 GMT, 22 January 2020. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador acknowledged that crime and violence are the toughest challenges he faces as statistics indicated a rise in murders. An additional 4,905 were brought to Mexican morgues in 2019, according to the report. Amlo also pledged to chair daily 6am security meetings and create a 60,000 strong "National Guard". The 2.7 percent increase was below the double-digit growth in killings in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. According to a report published by gay rights organization Letra S, 2019 assassination figures of LGBT people eclipsed 2018 totals by 27 percent. “”Go ahead, fight money laundering all you want, but if the government does not have territorial control in significant part of the country, how are we going to solve this?" The figures show that 94 homicides per day were reported in the first half year. Jodie Evans, Get our newsletter delivered directly to your inbox. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Some states that previously saw dizzying levels of violence calmed a bit. That was the case in the northern border state of Baja California, the Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo and the southern state of Guerrero. The numbers provided by the National System for Public Security were published just over a week after President López Obrador clashed with journalist Jorge Ramos at a press briefing over whether there had been a improvement in security in Mexico. The government did not pinpoint how many murders are caused by drug gang violence. Mexico-based gay rights organization Letra S reported this week that the murder of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons increased by 27 percent in 2019, year over year. The effort alarmed opposition political parties who saw it as an attempt to illegally use public funds to promote López Obrador and his leftist Morena party. “It’s possible that [medical] students are learning with bodies of persons being searched for by their families,” said an article accompanying the report, published on Tuesday. There were 933 more homicides in Mexico in 2019 than in 2018. 'They drove around on streets and highways and nobody stopped them,' Hope said. Mexico: 1.13 Million People Displaced by Violence, Gov't Study. The victims were all U.S.-Mexico dual citizens. .css-8h1dth-Link{font-family:ReithSans,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;font-weight:700;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;color:#FFFFFF;}.css-8h1dth-Link:hover,.css-8h1dth-Link:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}Read about our approach to external linking. A new investigation by the investigative NGO Quinto Elemento Labs found that an alarming number of people were simply buried in common graves without proper postmortems. 'They can fight money laundering all they want, but that is not going to prevent 150 cartel hit men from driving around armed to the teeth.'. 'Go ahead, fight money laundering all you want, but if the government does not have territorial control in significant part of the country, how are we going to solve this?' Sign In or Register to leave a comment, use the forums and more, I have already subscribed | Do not show this message again. The report says 8,493 people were murdered from 1 January to 31 March, a 9.6% rise from the same period in 2018. The first three months of 2019 have seen a 9.6% increase in murders in Mexico, official figures suggest. The report, which was released ahead of International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, noted that 64 transgender women were killed last year. But other states saw homicides spike in 2019, like the northern border state of Sonora, where homicides rose 57 percent compared to 2018. teleSUR/SM, by Mexico government data showed 35,588 people were murdered in 2019, making it the deadliest year ever since the security ministry started keeping track of homicides numbers in 1997, There were 933 more homicides in Mexico in 2019 than in 2018. 'We have also seen the number of LGBT people who are victims of organized crime grow, either because they work, for example, in LGBT bars and criminals retaliate because they do not pay [extortion fees), they come and massacre [them], he said. people murdered from 1 January to 31 March 2019, murder cases under investigation in Guanajuato, Source: Mexico's National System for Public Security, Mexico apology after police handed youths over to gang, Dutch police give 'stop paedophile hunts' warning after Arnhem death, Yorkshire Ripper death: Force apology over victim descriptions, US election security officials reject Trump's fraud claims, US election: China congratulates Biden after long silence, Six-year-olds sketch rogue driver for German police, Mutated strain of coronavirus 'can jump back and forth', Nasa's new 'megarocket' set for critical tests, Mexico's López Obrador pledges 'radical' change, The downfall of one of the world's most notorious criminals. Hope referred to a recent attack on a town in Chihuahua where a convoy of about 150 cartel gunmen in as many as 50 vehicles burned houses and abducted residents. During the presidency of Enrique Peña Nieto, who preceded Mr López Obrador in office, a number of high-profile cartel bosses were arrested, such as JoaquÃn "El Chapo" Guzmán, but the vacuum they left seemed to further inflame turf wars. MEXICO CITY -- The number of homicides in Mexico rose to 35,588 in 2019, the highest number on record, but the rate of annual increase in murders has slowed, according to government figures. Simultaneously Calderón also began pursuing the so-called “kingpin strategy” by which authorities sought to decapitate the cartels by targeting their leaders. The number of unidentified bodies in Mexican morgues has continued to accelerate, even as the current government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador has promised to … Available for everyone, funded by readers. 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Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? “I maintain that the greatest damage to Mexico has been done by white-collar criminals,” he said, adding that it was a distraction to focus on drug lords like Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman as past administrations did, because Guzman stole less than corrupt businessmen and politicians. While it is not clear what percentage of homicides are related to drug gang violence, the fact that gangs have expanded into extortion and kidnapping makes them Mexico's main single source of violence. 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