Monday, December 8, 2014

LAUGHER O' THE DAY: Homicides Expected to Fall 18% in Mexico This Year, Government Says

12/8/2014

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MEXICO CITY – Approximately 15,000 homicides will occur in Mexico this year, down 18 percent from the 18,381 homicides registered in 2013, a high-level official said.

The government’s strategy to reduce crime is yielding positive results, Government Secretariat Undersecretary for Crime Prevention Roberto Campa Cifrian said during an event on Saturday.

Mexico registered 22,800 homicides in 2011, with the figure falling to 21,700 in 2012, Campa Cifrian said during a presentation at an Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, event.

The government’s anti-crime strategy is working despite the recent violence in the southern state of Guerrero, Campa Cifrian said, adding that progress had been made in fighting crime in Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, Durango, Coahuila and Colima states.

Violence has increased in the western state of Michoacan and in Guerrero since the current administration took office, the official said.

PRI chairman Cesar Camacho, for his part, said the emphasis should be on strengthening Mexico’s institutions.

“We are emerging from this chapter of emergency with the law in hand,” Camacho said. 


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