Mexico sees deadliest year on record

There were more than 25,000 murders across drug-ravaged Mexico in 2017, the highest annual tally since modern records began.
The number is higher than the peak year of Mexico’s drug war in 2011

States issued with Category 4 “do not travel” advisory by U.S. State Department

SINALOA
COLIMA
MICHOACAN 
GUERRERO
TAMAULIPAS

Murders (2017)
<500
500-999
1,000-1,499
1,500->2,000

Tijuana
BAJA CALIFORNIA
JALISCO
Guadalajara
Ciudad Juarez
CHIHUAHUA
Monterrey
Acapulco
MEXICO
VERACRUZ
Mexico City

400km 250 miles


MEXICO MURDERS (1997-2017)

0
5000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000

2011: 22,852 murders

2017: 25,339 murders registered – record high for any year since 1997


Sources: Mexican Government, U.S. State Department 
Picture: Getty Images 
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