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The actual crime rate is thought to be much higher "since most people are reluctant to report crime." [62] Under policies enacted by Mayor Marcelo Ebrard between 2009 and 2011, Mexico City underwent a major security upgrade with violent and petty crime rates both falling significantly despite the rise in violent crime in other parts of the ...
Mexican States by Homicides - 2011 [1]; Rank State Homicides (2011) Homicides (2010) Change - Mexico 27,199 25,757 5.6% 1 Chihuahua 4,502 6,407 29.7% 2 State of Mexico 2,613
Crime and violence affect the lives of millions of people in Latin America.Some consider social inequality to be a major contributing factor to levels of violence in Latin America, [1] where the state fails to prevent crime and organized crime takes over State control in areas where the State is unable to assist the society such as in impoverished communities.
Floodwaters on Cozumel reached 1 m (3.3 ft) deep in spots. [3] Storm damage in Cancún. In Cancún, about 300,000 people were left homeless, while another 700,000 people sustained damage to their homes. [24] The water level in Cancún reached the third storeys of some buildings due to 5 to 8 m (16 to 26 ft) waves atop the storm surge.
Cozumel is a municipality which also includes two small areas on the mainland, the ecotourism park of Xel-Ha and the Calica limestone quarry. All combined, Cozumel has a total land area of 647.33 km 2 (249.94 sq mi). [8] Cozumel has 5 main piers. Punta Langosta, the International Pier (SSA), and Puerta Maya are all piers for cruise ships.
Although violence between drug cartels had been occurring for three decades, the Mexican government held a generally passive stance regarding cartel violence through the 1980s and early 2000s. [ 1 ] That changed on December 11, 2006, when the newly elected President Felipe Calderón sent 6,500 Mexican Army soldiers to the state of Michoacán to ...
More than 32,000 people have fled to towns in northeast Colombia as they attempt to escape a sharp rise in fighting between militant factions, according to the country’s Ombudsman Iris Marín.
As a result of the concentration of drug trafficking, Latin America and the Caribbean has the world's highest crime rates, with murder reaching 32.6 per 100,000 of population in 2008. [1] Violence has surged in Mexico since 2006 when Mexican President Felipe Calderón intensified the Mexican Drug War. [1]