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Crime statistics from 2009 showed that Colonia del Valle was the second most crime-ridden neighborhood in Mexico City, sharing the top 10 list with notorious neighborhoods Tepito and Colonia Doctores. [4] However, 2012 statistics do not place Del Valle on the list of the top 6 most crime-ridden neighborhoods. [5]
A total of 18 Celaya police officers have been shot to death so far this year, making the city of a half million inhabitants probably the most dangerous city in the hemisphere for police.
In June 2005, the government deployed federal forces to three states to contain surging violence linked to organized crime. At a news conference in Mexico City, presidential spokesman Rubén Aguilar told reporters that the new deployment was the result of evidence that organized crime has penetrated some local police departments. [73]
The following 50 cities have the highest homicide rates in the world of all cities not at war, with a population of at least 300,000 people. [1] This is based on 2022 data from El Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal (The Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice), an advocacy group from Mexico City. [2]
“Right now, most of the attacks are coming precisely from motorcycles. There are always two people on them, dressed in black. That seems to be a trend,” said a police officer who spoke on ...
Residents and schoolkids in Mexico City helped squads of police in a long-winded pursuit of a wolf loose in one of the city's neighborhoods, authorities said. Citizens and police officers chased ...
Colonia Doctores (English: Doctors' Colony) is an official neighborhood just southwest of the historic center of Mexico City.It is bordered by Avenida Cuauhtémoc to the west, across from Belen Street to the north, Eje Central to the east and Eje 3 Sur José Peón Contreras to the south.
Today, there are 256 established businesses There are 23 blocks with 1,685 housing units and 256 established businesses. [3] It is a poor area, of about 5,000 people, about half of whom make a living from selling auto parts. [3] Most residents are between 15 and 30 years of age. Many of the children begin working at age 10 and abandon school. [8]