These are external links and will open in a new window. The first three months of have seen a 9. The report says 8, people were murdered from 1 January to 31 March, a 9. He had campaigned on a promise to drive down violence. The figures from the National System for Public Security are particularly worrying as had the highest murder rate since Mexico began keeping records of homicides.
The state with the highest murder rate so far in was Guanajuato, in central Mexico, where two powerful drug cartels - Jalisco New Generation and Santa Rosa de Lima - are fighting for control. Successive Mexican presidents have tried to drive down the country's high murder rates for years, even declaring a "war on drugs" in an attempt to defeat Mexico's powerful drug cartels.
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But the number of murder victims has risen as the cartels splintered and fought for control of disputed areas. The president aims to have a 80,strong force by the end of the year but some critics have questioned whether there are enough people willing to join the national guard. A year-old Chinese man has died after travelling to the Philippines from the city of Wuhan. Mexico murder rate rises in first three months of 22 April Homicides in Mexico 8, people murdered from 1 January to 31 March 9.
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