Significant Decline Seen in Drug Violence, Says Justice in Mexico Project Diego Lopez - Riviera Maya News
go to original April 30, 2015

2015 “Drug Violence in Mexico” report now available

According to new statistics, murders along the US-Mexico border have declined for the third year in a row, a sign the country is slowly stabilizing from its notorious drug wars.

A new report by the University of San Diego, Justice in Mexico Project, showed a 13.8 percent reduction in murders across the country in 2014. The most pronounced declines occurred along the US border.

The report shows that in 2014, 15,649 murders occurred in Mexico, a significant decline from its peak in 2011 with 22,480 murders. Five out of the six Mexican states that share a border with the US reported a combined homicide drop of 17.7 percent.

“These data really help to underscore that we’re talking about a sea change in violence,” said David Shirk, co-author of the report and director of the Justice in Mexico Project, a U.S.-based initiative to protect human rights south of the border.

“You still have elevated levels of crime, so we still have a long way to go. But there is improvement, and we have to acknowledge that improvement and understand why it’s happening so we can try to further it.”

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