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| 2016-08-29 |
| Violence in Mexico has been on the rise in recent months as fragmented criminal organizations clash around the country, competing with Mexican authorities and one another for control of illegal enterprises. Data released by the Mexican government reveals that homicides, perhaps the most visible aspect of the country's violence, reached an ugly milestone in July. The 2,073 killings recorded that month were the most of any month since the President Enrique Peña Nieto entered office in December 2012, and it was the first time the country exceeded 2,000 homicides in a month since August 2011. 2011 was the bloodiest year in the six-year term of Felipe Calderon, Peña Nieto's predecessor who launched a heavily militarized crackdown on narco mobs and criminal organizations throughout the country. The previous high in monthly homicides registered under Peña Nieto was 1,895, recorded in May. |
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