If we consider that the week begins on Sunday, this has been one of the worst of the year in Mexico City in terms of violence. Just days after the Head of Government, Clara Brugada, called for a pact with the media “to reduce the crime reporting,” the figures have hit her in the face. On Sunday, February 8, one person was murdered; on Monday, February 9, three homicides were recorded; on Tuesday the 10th, four young people were executed in a single violent incident; and on Tuesday the 11th, two more people were murdered… In the early hours of Thursday the 12th, another homicide occurred in Azcapotzalco, and a bag containing human remains was found in Tlalpan. Twelve people murdered in five days; not counting all those injured by firearms, whose records are well kept by the Brugada administration. The figures are official, taken from the daily security report compiled by the federal government. Is insecurity a perception or a reality?
The cold, hard numbers seem to make authorities uncomfortable, but according to the latest Urban Security Survey by INEGI (the Mexican National Institute of Statistics and Geography), the perception of insecurity increased in three boroughs of Mexico City during the last quarter: in Azcapotzalco, governed by Nancy Núñez, it rose from 59.6 to 68.5; Magdalena Contreras, administered by Fernando Mercado, went from 55.9 to 65.2; and Milpa Alta, governed by Octavio Rivero, where it increased from 52.3 to 65.4. This week there were homicides in Magdalena Contreras and Azcapotzalco… In Tláhuac, operations have resulted in significant arrests, such as that of ‘El Escorpión’ (The Scorpion), leader of the Tláhuac Cartel, in the first days of January. Insecurity is a reality. So far in February, an average of one person has been murdered every day in the city.
Source: elgrafico
