Weekend of terror in Mexico, more than 200 homicides have been recorded in the country

The weather of violence in the country maintains an upward trend, amid criticism from the president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador by the legislators of UNITED STATES It’s been a week since the case of the US citizens kidnapped in Matamoros, Tamaulipas.

Although last week President López Obrador criticized the security strategy undertaken by the former president Felipe Calderon in his morning from what was the former Secretary of Public Safety’s Bunker, Genaro Garcia Luna because he began the war on drug trafficking from the start of his six-year term, Mexico had a violent weekend.

From Friday March 10 to Sunday March 12, they signed up for Mexico a total of 238 homicides, According to preliminary data generated by the Secretariat for Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), which places the domingo like the day with more murdersWhen 88 were registered nationwide, followed by Saturday with 80 and Friday when 80 were reported.

From these data, it appears that they average nearly 80 homicides a daywith the states of Guanajuatowith 36 and State of Mexico with 22, as the most violent, although they are not the only ones to have recorded a high number of murders.

Other states with a high number of intentional homicides They are Michoacán with 18, Nuevo León with 16, Chihuahua with 17, Baja California with 10 and Mexico City with 13.

In case of Guanajuato was particularly relevant, as it was the most violent entity of the three days, as it added a total of 36 murders. The wave of violence seems to be linked to the clash between the antagonistic organizations on Jalisco Next Generation Cartel (CJNG) and the Santa Ros de Lima Cartel (CSRL), as evidenced by the attack that occurred in a Celaya tourist center which left three dead and two injured on March 8.

But in the events that took place this weekend, the attack is found in a night center which killed at least eight people in ride the big one. The events happened on night of march 11inside a club located on the Celaya – Apaseo el Grande highway.

It was only 12 hours after this attack that the Guanajuato Attorney’s Office issued a statement in which it merely stated that it had opened a search foldernot to mention the number of people who died on the spot.

Acts of violence were also recorded in State of Michoacanwhere armed subjects three bars were attacked located in the city of Morelia in what was investigated was possible extortion from local businessmen. Due to these events which took place simultaneously no dead people have been recorded.

However, on Friday the 10th, different clashes in at least three municipalities in the state of Michoacan following a confrontation between alleged members of the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel and Viagrabranch of United Cartels.

In these events, a balance of at least three dead people and 15 other detainees. The municipalities concerned were Uruapan, Buenavista and Tepalcatepecmunicipalities located an hour’s drive from each other, close to Apatzingán and eagle.

The security trend does not seem to follow the trend of March 2022when a total of 2,185 intentional homicidesaccording to data from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP) throughout the month of March with a average of 70.48 per day.

Now preliminary data indicates they have been recorded so far this month 880 victims of intentional homicide with an average of 73.3 per day.