“Organised crime in Mexico has captured parts of the Mexican state”

À retrouver également ici : “Organised crime in Mexico has captured parts of the Mexican state”

Even higher than the death toll due to acts of terrorism is the body count from organised crime. In Mexico alone,20,000 people were killed in 2015 – and this is in fact an improvement on the 27,000 who were killed in 2011. Mexico’s challenges are in fact so great that they’re starting to resemble an all-out war.

Certain parts of Mexico, such as Acapulco, have some of thehighest murder rates in the world at more than 100 per 100,000 civilians. Organised crime in Mexico hascaptured parts of the Mexican state and has made it nearly impossible for law enforcement to function.Organised criminal groups have become ever more brazen, bold and bloody.

Gangs are another huge security challenge. Though gang violence is a global phenomenon, the threats posed are especially overwhelming in Central America: gangs in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala have sent homicide rates skyrocketing.

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From the West with love.