Far from receding during the pandemic, Mexico’s homicide rate actually rose during March as the country started lockdowns to combat the coronavirus, accordingg to figures provided Friday by the government. Mexico began implementing widespread shutdowns and social distancing measures to fight the pandemic in mid- to late March. The March homicide rate was the highest since the record 3,074 killings registered in July 2018, five months before President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office.
Share this
