The Narcomenudeo in Mexico increased between 2015 and 2018 five times more than in the rest of the country

According to the figures of the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP), the drugstores in Mexico he has grown almost a 300% in 2018 compared to the records of 2015. This figure is alarming compared to the rest of the country, since national scale it only increased by one 50%that is, from 38,962 cases, it rose to 58,508.

The above means that the said crime increased five times more in the capital than the national average. According to a survey conducted by Millennium, 5,971 complaints about drug trafficking registered in 2018, 923 cases involved the possession of drugs for sale, trade and supply, which means that each individual was carrying more than 2 kilograms of opium, 5 kilograms of marijuana, 500 grams of cocaine or 50 grams of heroin.

The remaining 5,048 cases were lifted by drug trafficking in simple possessionthat is to say, persons who charge less than the limit set by Mexican law. The recordings show that the simple drug trafficking is the one that fired in the last three yearsbecause in 2016, only 832 complaints were registered.

The legislation establishes a minimum amount of a series of drugs who can own without implying a serious crime. As long as one person stays below these levels, the consumer is considered a consumer. If it exceeds the amount, it is considered a seller.

During his government, the then head of government in the capital, Miguel Ángel ManceraHe repeatedly denied that the drug cartels were present in the city. In February 2018, after the appearance of alleged intimidation messages among the cells of drug traffickers, he badured the delegation Tláhuac was the only point from the city where there was a drug trafficking problem.

At the end of this year, official figures showed that complaints in this area had increased exponentially throughout the city. In the first half of 2018 alone, they rose 100% in 10 of the 16 delegations, according to the data of the national system of public security.

According to the figures, most of the investigation files of 2018 were recorded in the town halls of Cuauhtemoc and Iztapalapaand in the center, it is the colony that has the biggest problems of selling and using drugs in the capital. Agree with Millennium, In the period Arrests for drug sales in 2015-2018 increased by 576% in Cuauhtémoc.

For its part, the mayor with more reports from Sale of drugs is Iztapalapa. However, contrary to what was recorded in the office of the mayor of Cuauhtémoc, where most of the complaints were concentrated in Four colonies, here they are scattered.