[Immigration] Moving to Mexico? Q1 2017 killings are more than any other Q1 in two decades

Cohete Rojo · Apr 22, 2017

Like I've said before: Mexico is not a land of opportunity for Americans.

Mexico sees 2,020 killings in March, worst month since 2011

Mexico has surpassed 2,000 homicides in a month for the first time since the summer of 2011 and had more killings in the first quarter of 2017 than in the start of any year in at least two decades, according to data released Friday.

Unlike 2011, when bloody cartel clashes in Ciudad Juarez drove the national toll to new heights, the killings pushing the 2017 total have been spread across a number of states. Authorities attribute them to vicious turf battles resulting from breakdowns in the leadership of some cartels and the splintering of others into smaller gangs.

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[Immigration] Moving to Mexico? Q1 2017 killings are more than any other Q1 in two decades

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