Monday, July 30, 2018


29 Homicides in Juárez this Past Weekend:  166 in July So Far

(From La Opcion Cd. Juárez:  click here:  Twenty nine new homicides this weekend brings the total this month to 166, just 13 shy of the June totals, with two days to go in July. 

June brought 179 homicides to Juárez. the highest monthy body count so far this year.  Mexico as a whole is undergoing a surge in drug-related violence this year, which is on schedule as breaking the record for homicides.  In the past decade, Chihuahua state has been the most violent state in Mexico.  Diario de Juarez simply ignores many drug-related homicides, reporting only sporadically on specific cases.

Coming Up:  Why is Drug-related Homicide in Mexico so High?   What is happening?

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