At least three children are killed one day in Mexico, lamented the authorities – World

"We watched with sadness and astonishment the deaths of children, babies, which occur not only when they are reported, but every day," said the head of the National Protection System. childhood and adolescence (SIPINNA). , Ricardo Bucio.

"There are at least three child homicides in this country every day and even though the rate has improved – in 2010 we reached the four daily killings – this can not be accepted ", he added.

On the same day, the non-governmental organization Save the Children launched the # SinNiñezNoHayFuturo campaign, which aims to raise awareness of the impact of high levels of violence on children and adolescents.

According to the Spanish agency Efe, two girls were murdered this week in the states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo León.

On Monday, Aleida Estrella, 7, died of 20 stab wounds, including one in the neck, in the town of Altamira, in the state of Tamaulipas. Two days later, 8-year-old Ana Lizbeth Polina Ramírez was found dead on an abandoned land in Ciudad Benito Juárez, Nuevo Leon.

From January to November 2017, 23,101 murders were committed in Mexico, the Agence France-Presse advanced at the end of last year.

Crime in the country of Central America began to increase in 2006, when the government led by former president Felipe Calderon declared war on the country's powerful drug cartels.

The newly elected Mexican President, Andres Obrador, has as main objective to stop the violence in the country.