translated from Spanish: 15 of the world’s most violent cities are in Mexico

Naomi Carmona
Morelia, Michoacán.- Of the 50 most violent cities worldwide, 15 are in Mexico, while another 14 in Brazil, 6 in Venezuela, 3 in South Africa, 2 in Colombia and Honduras, and 1 in Guatemala, El Salvador, Jamaica and Puerto Rico.
The top 10 of the most violent cities is as follows:
1. Tijuana – Mexico
2. Acapulco – Mexico
3. Caracas – Venezuela
4. Cd. Victoria – Mexico
5. Cd. Juarez – Mexico
6. Irapuato – Mexico
7. Guyana – Venezuela
8. Natal – Brazil
9. Strength – Brazil
10. Cd. Bolivar – Venezuela
Although Michoacán does not enter the ranking 10, if he enters the 20, with Uruapan in the 18th place.
The above numbers were released by the Bachelor María Teresa Torres Aguilar, security expert, during the workshop aimed at journalists, “Communicating Security and its Dimensions” based on UN figures.
In addition, the specialist cited WHO data, where they reveal that more than 10 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants are considered a pandemic, i.e. Mexico and Michoacán are “killed.”

In terms of level of impunity, in the country the 97. 6 per cent of cases in the Criminal Justice System go unpunished, i.e. in the words of the specialist, “it is more taxable to be a criminal in Michoacán. It’s more complicated to be a good citizen than to be a criminal.”

Original source in Spanish