Andres Oppenheimer: Killings in Mexico are at an all-time high, but the government isn´t doing ...
(WorldNews Mexico)

Official new figures showing that 2019 was the most violent year on record in Mexico - and that homicides are spreading to some tourist areas - corroborated what many of us suspected: that President Andres M. Lopez Obrador´s `hugs, not bullets` strategy to curb violence is a pipe dream. According to Interior Ministry figures released Jan. 21, Mexico saw 35,588 homicides last year, many of them related to drug violence. That´s a 2.7% increase over 2018, which already was a record year. Just as troubling, violence is expanding from traditional hot spots, such as the states of Colima, Baja California and Michoacán, to other parts of the country. Even the state of Quintana Roo, part of the...