Record number of people murdered in Mexico this year

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Violence in Mexico has hit new heights in the first quarter of 2019, with 8,493 murders recorded from January to March, according to official figures.

The Executive Secretariat of the Public Security National System revealed that the number represents a 9.6 percent rise on the same period in 2018.

Last year was considered the most violent in Mexico's history, with more than 33,500 murders - the highest number since records began in 1997.

Mexico has recorded nearly 250,000 murders since deploying the army, including last year's record as the newly fragmented cartels battle the military and each other, with widespread collateral damage. Lopez Obrador was a long-time critic of the deployment and vowed to end it, but since he assumed office it has continued.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/record-number-people-murdered-mexico-year-190422003235102.html

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1. All those illegal guns going South across the border.

Mexico might have to shut the Border down.