Mexico crime: Could this become the bloodiest year on record?

[Judi Lynn]

By Will Grant
BBC Mexico correspondent
8 hours ago

In the two years since Andrés Manuel López Obrador won the presidential election in Mexico by a landslide, the country has endured many violent moments.

But recent months have been especially bloody and brutal.

On 7 June, an astonishing 117 murders were recorded in 24 hours, making it the country's most violent day of the year so far. The previous high had been on 20 April, when 114 homicides took place.

If the trend set in the first four months continues, 2020 could become the bloodiest year on record.

Impunity
Rather than the numbers, though, it is the sheer brazenness of these attacks which stands out.

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[abqtommy]

1. I don't know. In paying attention to history as I've gone along in my life I remember

reading that the Aztecs (and other groups) of Mexico back in the pre-Spanish days made between
10,000-20,000 and more human sacrifices each year. I was troubled to find this out and am still troubled by it. Any blood spilled is too much but there does appear to be a pattern here and maybe
we can find a way to break it.

link to search: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffhp&q=aztecs+sacrifice+20%2C000+in+one+day+&ia=web

[Mike 03]

2. Good article.

He points to the recent killing of a federal judge, Uriel Villegas Ortiz, as a sign of just how far things have sunk.

In a disturbing scene last month, Judge Villegas and his wife were murdered in front of their two daughters. He was only the second federal judge to be killed since 2006.

One case he had presided over was against Rubén Oseguera, son of the leader of the CJNG, Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera.