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MEXICO PEACE INDEX 2022 - IDENTIFYING AND MEASURING THE FACTORS THAT DRIVE PEACE

17 May 2022

HOMICIDE weights adjust the scores based on the distribution of crimes, the relative social impact of the offense, and the The number of victims of intentional homicide per degree to which the crime represents the presence of 100,000 people. [...] In the past Between 2016 and 2020, Manzanillo consistently placed in the top decade the two main competitors have been the Sinaloa Cartel and five municipalities with the highest homicide case rates in the the once-dominant Juárez Cartel, along with their respective country, and in most of those years, the nearby coastal factions and allies.17 municipality of Tecomán occupied the top spot.14 By 20. [...] within the Sinaloa Cartel and increasing attempts by the CJNG to Since 2019, Zacatecas has recorded the highest organized crime establish a foothold in Sonora.30 The municipality of Cajeme, rate in the country, and this has been driven by the highest levels which lies in the southern part of state where the fighting between of extortion in the country. [...] According to 2021 survey data, 6.2 percent of the population people.31 In Ciudad Obregón, the municipal seat of Cajeme, 95 had been the victims of extortion in the previous 12 months, the percent of residents reported feeling unsafe at the end of 2021.32 second highest victimization rate in the country. [...] In 100,000 people is the eighth highest rate in the world.4 However, 2020, the partial shutdown of criminal courts during the first since peaking in 2019, Mexico's homicide rate has improved by 5.6 several months of the COVID-19 pandemic and the expansion of percent.
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