Mexican Celaya, in the central state of Guanajuato, leads with 109.38 Murders for every 100,000 inhabitantsRanking 2020 out of 50 the most violent cities in the world“, which was presented on Tuesday by Citizens’ Council for Public Safety and Criminal Justice.
In presenting the report, the organization warned that of the 10 most violent cities in the world, seven are Mexican: Celaya in first place, Tijuana in second, Ciudad Juárez in third, Ciudad Obregón in fourth, Irapuato in fifth, Ensenada 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.
Out of the 50 city of the index, 18 are located in Mexico, 11 in Brazil, 6 in Venezuela, 5 in United States of America, 4 in South Africa, 2 in Colombia, 2 in Honduras, one in Puerto Rico and one in Jamaica, said José Antonio Ortega, president of the Citizens’ Council.
“Mexico It has been the world’s epicenter of homicide violence for 2 years. It’s not a coincidence. In 2019 and 2020, the worst crime control policy has been implemented 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 recorded the most violent 2 years in its history, with 34,681 victims of crime in 2019 and 34,552 in 2020, according to official data.
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Stairs from Citizens’ Council It is prepared on the basis of an analysis of official homicide figures in cities with 300,000,000 inhabitants or more that are not in a declared war.
This is the fourth year in a row that Mexican city It is the most violent in the worldOrtega was complaining.
“What sets them apart? Is that in these (Mexican) cities we see an intense and stronger activity of the armed militias of criminal groups fighting for that place, not only because of drug trafficking,” the specialist explained.
The expert highlighted the contrast in Central American progress, noting that Guatemala City left the index in 2020 and a year earlier San Salvador ceased to be listed, while by 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 ranking is 47.27 intentional homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, while the average rate of the 18 Mexican cities was 67.09.
The specialist attributed the increase to López Obrador’s “failed” security strategy, which he accused of evading control of criminal groups despite his militarization strategy.
“Today the country is more violent than the way it received it, today we have more intentional killings in the country than when it received the presidency of this country (in December 2018),” he said.
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