Murders in Mexico rose by 33 percent in 2018, breaking the record for a second year running, underlining the task facing the new president who has pledged to reduce violence in the country.
Official data from the Interior Ministry shows more than 33,000 murder probes compared with the previous year’s 25,000.
Mexico has struggled with managing violence as tension grows between the government and drug cartels; resulting in fragmentation of gangs and increasingly vicious internecine fighting.