translated from Spanish: Mexico reports 2,866 murders in October and accumulates 28,741 in 2019

Mexico.-Mexico recorded 2,866 intentional homicides in October, 38 more than the previous month, and accumulated 28,741 cases in the first ten months of 2019, the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System reported on Wednesday.October registration is 1.34 % higher than the number of intentional murders in September of this year, a total of 2,828, the Secretariat indicated in its monthly report that it was released on 20 November.
In June, the highest monthly number of intentional homicides in 2019 was observed with 2,993 cases, to start a downward trend in 2,962 cases in July, 2,948 in August, 2,828 in September, which was cut with October 2,866.

During 2019, the number of intentional homicides increased and nearly three thousand were recorded in June. | Pixabay

The number of murders accumulated in the first ten months of the year averages 95.8 cases per day in the country, according to the secretariat’s figures as of October 31. The incidence of crime in October reported 177,792 cases, an increase of 10,880, 6.52% compared to the previous month, explained the Secretariat, which defines it as the alleged occurrence of crimes recorded in previous inquiries and initiated by the Public Prosecutor’s Offices in the country. Femicide in the country showed a 29.03% decrease in the number of cases in October, at 66, from 93 in September. The Secretariat reported a 5% increase in abduction cases, 12.72% in the crime of extortion, 2.79% in house theft, 6.88% in robbery of passers-by and 3.93% in cases of domestic violence in October compared to the previous month. In October, the states that reported the highest murder figures were Guanajuato with 305, Baja California with 235, Chihuahua with 217, Michoacán with 215 and Mexico with 196 cases, the agency noted. Yucatan with one case, Baja California Sur with 7, Querétaro with 9, Tlaxcala with 10 and Campeche with 11 were the states that had the lowest incidence of homicides in the tenth month of the year. The Mexican government put into operation last July the National Guard, a security corps made up of military, naval officers and police to combat insecurity in the country. 

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