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MEXICO PEACE INDEX 2023 - Institute for Economics & Peace

24 May 2023

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. [...] The state experienced a 70.3 percent decrease Mexico-US border,15 and control and theft of water in the drought- in the rate of extortion, a 31.5 percent decrease in the rate of retail prone territory.16 drug crimes, and a 27.8 decrease in the rate of major offenses. [...] Sonora’s deteriorations in the last several years have coincided with the emergence of the Caborca Cartel and Despite improvements in peace, the municipality of Zamora had its ensuing violent clashes with the Sinaloa Cartel.20 Most recently, the highest homicide rate of any city in Mexico in 2022, with an a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel linked with the sons of Joaquín “El estimated 200 deaths per. [...] Violent crime has deteriorated in seven of the last eight The attacks demonstrated a shift in the epicenter of cartel violence years, resulting in vast changes in peacefulness, from a rate of 716 in the state from the port city of Manzanillo to the inland capital. [...] Mexico increased by 27 percent from the first half of 2021 to the Last year was the third year in a row in which the State of México's first half of 2022.49 Hidalgo, which is the site of the country's extortion rate was among the top five worst rates in the country.
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