Last Wednesday, Mexico experienced the most violent day so far this yearaccording to figures from the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) that reported 101 people killed in the country.
To the list of states such as Guanajuato, Baja California, Michoacán, Tabasco or Veracruz, Mexico City, governed by the Morenista Martí Batres, was added on Wednesday, where seven people were shot dead in two direct armed attacks.
The figures of The SSCP reveal that that day in Guanajuato there were 14 murders; in Tabasco there were 13; in Veracruz, 9; in it State of Mexico, 8; in the Mexico City, 7and in Michoacan, 6. It is the first time this year that the country exceeds the barrier of 100 cases a day.
Sunday, February 11 had remained the most violent day of 2024with 100 intentional homicides, a figure that had not been seen since Monday, August 28, 2023.
The figure from the SSPC Security Report is preliminary since it is made up of data that the prosecutor’s offices and attorney general’s offices deliver daily, but this immediacy in the delivery of information generates an under-reporting of between 20 and 30%.
In the case of Mexico Cityin recent months there has been an increase in the number of intentional homicides.
CDMX updates list of criminals
In fact, after the two multiple executions recorded in Mexico City, one of them in the Tláhuac mayor’s office, the authorities They updated the list of the most wanted criminals. Now they included members of the Tláhuac Cartel.
Since yesterday, the capital’s prosecutor’s office headed by Ulises Lara offers 500 thousand pesos to whoever or those who help in the capture of María de los Ángeles Ramírez Arvizu, Liliana Pérez Ramírezalias Lee I The voice, as well as Samantha Perez Ramirez, Samwidow and daughters of Felipe de Jesús Pérez Luna, the eyesdejected leader of the Tláhuac Cartel.
It should be noted that both Samantha as Liliana Pérez Ramírez, daughters of Eyeshad already been arrested in March and August 2019but they were released shortly without the reasons being made known.
They are accused of being the heirs of their father’s criminal activities, which include drug trafficking, extortion and collection of land rights, among others.
