Chihuahua Mexico Crime 2019
A state department s current travel advisory for mexico cautions u s.
Chihuahua mexico crime 2019. Oaxaca did not submit data. Citizens to reconsider travel to chihuahua state due to violent crime and gang activity. Department of state travel advisory at the date of this report s publication assesses mexico at level 2 indicating travelers should exercise increased caution due to crime. The city recorded nearly 1 500 homicides in 2019.
The rates are per 100 000 people and calculated using 30 day months. The violence in the border mexican city opposite el paso texas has spiked since late 2018 as the drug cartels have increasingly turned to domestic drug sales. Shows how much people think the problem in their community are property crimes home broken car theft etc violent crimes being mugged or robbed being attacked or insulted corruption and other crimes. Overall crime and safety situation.
Intentional homicides include feminicides. The six bodies minus their heads were dumped just before dawn on a morning in late october. They killed 13 people including an infant boy. The centers for disease control and prevention cdc has issued a level 3 travel health notice for mexico due to covid 19.
On april 19 a group of armed men burst into a bar in minatitlán a town in the eastern mexican state of veracruz during a family celebration. Chihuahua state is listed as a level. Mexico city the police chief of a small town near mexico s border with the united states has been arrested on suspicion that he was involved in the massacre of nine women and children of a mormon. Exercise increased caution in mexico due to crime and kidnapping.
Map of crime rates jul 2020 inegi statistically adjusted sesnsp victims inegi statistically adjusted sesnsp victims. Juarez has recorded 1 056 murders as of tuesday most of them drug related nava said. Reconsider travel to the state of chihuahua due to crime. Violence in mexico besieged by bloodthirsty drug cartels that also engage in fuel theft extortion and kidnapping reached a new record during the first quarter of 2019 with 8 493 murders according to official figures released on the weekend of april 20 21.
Read the department of state s covid 19 page before you plan any international travel. Among the most vibrant criminal markets in mexico is illegal wood and in the northern state of chihuahua there is increasing alarm that drug trafficking organizations are fighting for control of the trade. Ciudad juarez the current u s. Information about crime in chihuahua mexico.
Travelers to mexico may experience border closures. Some areas have increased risk. You can click or hover over the map to show a state s crime information.