Mexico's Citizen Council for Public Security and Justice has issued a report just ahead of today's presidential address in Mexico (Calderon's version of the State of the Union) that underlines insecurity in Ciudad de Juarez, Mexico.
Juarez, according to the report, is more dangerous than Caracas, Cape Town, Baghdad, and Medellin.
August killings reached 300, surpassing a record set in July, with 267.
In 2008, a homicide rate of 130 killings for every 100,000 inhabitants was recorded, and Juarez accounted for nearly half the killings in Mexico in 2008.
So far this year, a total of 1,481 murders have been recorded, compared to a total of 1,623 murders for all of 2008. There were only 320 murders in 2007...
From the Dallas Morning News:
A poll published Tuesday in Mexico City's Reforma newspaper seems to indicate continuing support for his policy.
The poll showed that 37 percent of Mexicans believe the government is winning the battle against organized crime and that 20 percent do not. Moreover, 82 percent said they approve of the use of the military against drug traffickers, although 49 percent said they believe the military is involved in human rights violations.
The nationwide poll of 1,500 people had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.
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