Data presented today Tuesday suggests almost half of homicides in Mexico happen in just a handful of states.
Six Mexican states had more than 49% of the country’s homicides in the month of March, according to preliminary data from state justice departments.
The central Mexican state of Guanajuato reported the highest number of homicides, at close to 300 so far this month. That was more than double the next highest state.
States along the border were on the list, including Chihuahua and Baja California. The state of Sonora, which borders Arizona, had the sixth highest number of homicides in March so far.
All of these states experience various rates of cartel violence. Sinaloa, to the south of Sonora, was fifth on the list and has seen elevated violence in the past six months as two cartel factions battle for power.
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Mexico says the former governor of the state of Baja California was involved in a scheme to avoid paying duties for fuel imported into the United States. -
The Mexican government has closed two mining operations in the Mexican state south of Arizona that it says were operating without the necessary permits. -
One of the cartels designated as a foreign terrorist organization is largely believed to be responsible for the 2019 killing of nine U.S. citizens in the Mexican state of Sonora. -
The Kino Border Initiative and Loyola University Chicago School of Law filed a report to the United Nations, arguing conditions at U.S. immigration detention centers violate international human rights standards — including those prohibiting torture. -
The Sonoran capital, along with three other cities, will become one of the first to receive solar panels through the government program, the governor says.
