Unstoppable violence: 72 homicides were recorded during Mother’s Day

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According to the SSPC, the entity that recorded the most homicides on May 10, 2024 was the State of Mexico. (Credit: Jovani Pérez | Infobae México)

Violence in Mexico does not stop even on commemorative dates. The celebration of May 10, 2024, concluded with a total of 72 homicides throughout the Republic, becoming the second most violent Mother’s Day of the current six-year term. These are the states that were most affected.

According to the daily report of intentional homicides from the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), the entities most affected this year were the State of Mexico, Chihuahua and Nuevo León, which recorded 14, eight and seven murders throughout the year. day, respectively.

They were followed by Mexico City and Morelos, with six; Tamaulipas and Puebla, with five; Veracruz, with three; Oaxaca, Sonora, Jalisco, Guanajuato and Baja California, with two; and Sinaloa, Guerrero, Coahuila and Colima, with one.

One of the most violent events was the one that occurred in the municipality of Ixtapaluca, Edomex, where three women lost their lives and six more people were injured.

Photo: FGJEM

Police reports indicate that an armed commando entered a home on José Chávez Street, La Cañada neighborhood, and shot at a group of people who were celebrating a family party.

However, it stands out that the number of homicides recorded on May 10 was one of the lowest figures since at least May 6, 2024. Records indicate that Mexico was the scene of 83 murders on Tuesday, May 7. Most of these took place in Guanajuato, Zacatecas, Michoacán and Chihuahua.

SSPC records counted 72 homicides committed in one day. (REUTERS/Vicente Gaibor del Pino).

According to figures from the SSPC, headed by Rosa Icela Rodríguez, this May 10, 2024, the same rate of intentional homicides was recorded as in 2022.

This is the highest figure throughout López Obrador’s entire six-year term, specifically in this celebration:

• 2019: 58
• 2020: 67
• 2021: 65
• 2022: 72
• 2023: 65

Intentional homicides (Photo: Cuartoscuro)

On May 6, López Obrador assured that the level of violence has not increased in Mexico, but he acknowledged that there are more homicides. In this regard, he pointed out that past administrations were responsible for the problem.

“Where it has cost us the most is in homicides because gangs were created. And when do you think the gangs we still face were created? During the neoliberal or neo-Porfirist period, the most famous bands, I am not talking about the musical bands,” he declared.