34,582 murders recorded in Mexico last year, highest since 1997
(WorldNews Mexico)

There were nearly 35,000 murders in Mexico in 2019, the highest rate since 1997, the first year for which there is an official record, according to official data. This has broken the previous highest rate, set in 2018 with 33,743 homicides. According to a report from the Secretariat of Public Security, June had the highest rate of murders,...