Homicide Rise in Mexico

After three years of decline, Mexico’s homicide rate climbed

Ian Hayden Parker

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The trend that had offered a sliver of hope—the steady decline in homicidal violence over three years—broke in 2024. Homicide Rise in Mexico 2024 is now the headline worry for analysts and citizens as the country recorded both a higher rate and a larger raw number of murders compared with the previous year. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), the national homicide rate climbed to 25.6 per 100,000 inhabitants, reversing the...

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