February, the month of love, is tinged with red, but with blood. The first week started with an alarming trend of rising homicides.
In the first seven days of the month, 450 people were murdered in the country. This equates to an average of 64 homicides daily, according to figures from the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC).
February 5, the day of the commemoration of the 1917 Constitution, has been the most violent so far. There were 76 murders in just 24 hours. It is followed by February 2 with 71 victims and February 7 with 70 homicides, according to the daily count of the SSPC.
States with the most murders
The most violent states in the first week of February are:
- Guanajuato: 66 homicides
- Tabasco: 40 homicides
- Baja California: 39 homicides
- State of Mexico: 29 homicides
- Sinaloa: 28 homicides
- Sonora: 28 homicides
- Chihuahua: 27 homicides
- Michoacán: 25 homicides
- Jalisco: 24 homicides
Tabasco and the criminal dispute
Tabasco ranks second on the list with 40 homicides in one week. Violence has intensified due to the internal rupture in the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and the expansion of the criminal cell "La Barredora".
Last Tuesday, a riot in the Villahermosa prison left at least seven dead. Among the inmates is Carlos Tomás "N", alias "Lic Tomasín", alleged leader of "La Barredora".
