92 People Murdered in the First 48 Hours of July

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                                         Scene outside the Massacre in Irapuato this morning

The month of July began with 92 people killed, of which 33 cases occurred in the state of Guanajuato. Photo: Dark Quarter

The month of July began with 92 people assassinated, of which 33 cases occurred in the state of Guanajuato , 30 percent, according to the report of victims reported for the crime of homicide (State Prosecutors and Federal Dependencies).

In the document, prepared by the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP), it is established that the other entities with the most homicides on Wednesday were Michoacán and Puebla, with 8 victims each.

The daily average of 92 homicide victims, with which July opens, exceeds the 80.4 with those that closed June, month in which 2,413 cases of murdered people occurred.

The massacre of 30 people in a rehabilitation annex, in the municipality of Irapuato, increased the number of murders in Guanajuato, an entity in which more than 2,100 people were victims of intentional homicide in the first half of the year.

In the first semester of 2020, the murder of 14,641 people occurred, a figure that is 2.9 by the way higher, compared to 14, 210 cases in the same period of 2019.

According to the SESNSP report, in this year March was the most violent month, when 2,585 cases of murdered people were registered, and in June the mark of the day with the most intentional homicides was established, on the 8th, with 117 victims in the country, a figure that exceeded 114 victims in three cases as of April 20.