Zamora, Michoacán, is the first on the list due to the fact that a rate of 196 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants was registered.
The non-governmental organization stated that Mexico is positioned as the “epicenter of urban violence” due to the federal government’s policy of “hugs, not bullets.”
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The Citizen Council for Public Safety and Criminal Justice pointed out that cities with more than 300,000 inhabitants were selected to carry out the study.
The official pages of the countries, states and municipalities served as sources of information for the list.
Among the most violent Mexican cities in the world there are also Colima, Colima; Acapulco Guerrero; Cuernavaca, Morelos; Irapuato, Guanajuato; Leon, Guanajuato; Chihuahua, Chihuahua; Cancun, Quintana Roo and Culiacan, Sinaloa.
According to the NGO, the most violent cities in the world are located: 18 in Mexico, 11 in Brazil, seven in the United States, four in South Africa, four in Colombia, two in Honduras, one in Puerto Rico, one in Haiti, one in Ecuador and one in In Jamaica.
