the Mexican Celaya, In the central state of Guanajuato, Leads with 109.38 homicide for every 100,000 inhabitants the “Ranking 2020 of the 50 most violent cities in the world“, Which presented this Tuesday the Citizens’ Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice.
In the presentation of the report, the organization warned that of the 10 most violent cities in the world seven are Mexican: Celaya in the first place, Tijuana in the second, Ciudad Juárez in the third, Ciudad Obregón in the fourth, Irapuato in the fifth, Anchored in the sixth and Uruapan in the eighth.
The top 10 is completed by the American St. Louis in seventh place, the Brazilian Feira de Santana in ninth and the South African Cape Town in tenth.
Of the 50 cities of the index, 18 are located in Mexico, 11 in Brazil, 6 in Venezuela, 5 in United States, 4 in South Africa, 2 in Colombia, 2 in Honduras, one in Puerto Rico and another in Jamaica, commented José Antonio Ortega, President of the Citizens’ Council.
“Mexico it has already been 2 years as the global epicenter of homicidal violence. It is not a coincidence. In 2019 and 2020, the worst crime control policy has been applied by the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, “said Ortega, one of those responsible for the study.
The report is presented in a context in which Mexico has recorded the 2 most violent years in its history with 34,681 murder victims in 2019 and 34,552 in 2020, according to official data.
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The roster of the Citizen Council it is drawn up on the basis of an analysis of official figures for willful homicides of cities with 300,000 inhabitants or more that are not in a declared war.
This is the fourth year in a row that one Mexican city is the most violent in the world, Lamented Ortega.
“What is the pattern that distinguishes them? Is that in these (Mexican) cities we see intense activity, stronger, armed militias of criminal groups that are fighting the square, not only for drug trafficking,” said the specialist .
The expert highlighted the contrast of Central America’s progress in noting that Guatemala City was removed from the index in 2020 and a year earlier San Salvador ceased to be listed, while until 2014 the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula occupied the first position.
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He also reported that the average rate of the 12 Brazilian cities included in the current roster is 47.27 willful homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, while the average rate of the 18 Mexican cities was 67.09.
The specialist attributed the increase to the “failed” security strategy of López Obrador, whom he has accused of evading control of criminal groups despite his militarization strategy.
“Today the country is more violent than how he received it, today we have more malicious homicides in the country than when he received the Presidency of that country (in December 2018),” he stated.
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