Homicide, the crime that continues to increase during the government of López Obrador

Since Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office as President of Mexico, 2853 voluntary homicides in the country, with an average of four murders per hour. This was reported by the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNP) in his latest monthly report.

The figure contrasts with the same periods as the two previous presidents. In the first month of January of Felipe Calderón, there was 995 voluntary homicides and in the same period of Enrique Peña Nieto were recorded 1,750. That means that in the matter of willful homicide, the constant was the upward impact.

As for the kidnappings, they increased by 51.6% compared to the last month of December. In January, they added about 229 cases according to the organization Stop the kidnapping, resulting in five plagiarists a day.

Franciso Rivas Rodríguez, Director of the National Observatory of Citizens (ONC), an organization specializing in security issues, examined in an interview with the Mexican newspaper L & # 39; universal that homicides are probablyand will continue to be on the rise through public policy decisions.

"Almost all efforts are, on the one hand, generating the National Guardand on the other hand in the theft of hydrocarbons"he said.

It's precisely in Guanajuato, one of the states where the government has invested the bulk of its strength against fuel theft, the entity that has recorded the most violent deaths of the López Obrador period: 595.

It is followed by Baja California, with 530; State of Mexico, with 518; Jalisco, 472; Chihuahua, 356; Guerrero, 350 and Mexico City, with 323.

However, Rivas Rodríguez said that "we can not say that the current government is heading in the wrong direction or has reduced crimes"

During an interview for Infobae Mexico, the director stressed that the first results in terms of security of the current administration would, in any case, the effect of previous government policies.

He felt that there is still time to say that the trend of homicide is rising or falling, with many experts believing that this trend is measured every year. "It can not be measured every six months or every month"He concluded.