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The Guardian: Drug violence blamed for Mexico's record 29,168 murders in 2017
Homicide rate surpasses that from peak year of country’s drug war in 2011, official figures show.
Mexico recorded more than 29,000 murders in 2017, the highest annual tally in decades, government figures have shown.
The country has struggled with years of violence as the state has battled drug cartels that have increasingly splintered into smaller, more bloodthirsty gangs.
The record 29,168 murders in 2017 is higher than the homicide rate at peak of Mexico’s drug war in 2011, when there were 27,213.
The interior ministry reported the figures on Sunday, which are the highest since comparable records began in 1997.
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Update #1: Mexico posts highest homicide rate in decades (AP)
Update #2: With 25,339 murders in 2017, Mexico suffers record homicide tally (Reuters)
WNU Editor: So much for Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's election campaign pledge in 2012 that he was going to cut the murder rate.
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