The government’s tally of murders, the vast majority of which it links to organized crime, rose to 14,549 for the first eight months of 2016, an 18% increase over the same period a year earlier. In August alone, there were 2,147 homicides, the highest toll for any month since President Enrique Peña Nieto took office at… Continue reading Mexico Grapples With a Rise in Killings
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