Violence in Mexico is still setting records — and the embattled president just reached a grisly milestone
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- Deadly violence continued to rise in Mexico in March.
- The number of homicides that month helped the current government reach an ignominious distinction.
- Rising crime levels come as the country gears up for national elections this summer.
The number of intentional homicide cases in Mexico went up in March, with 2,346 cases. The new figures ends two consecutive months of declines and rounds out the most violent first quarter of a year on record.
But the March total also constitutes a more ignominious distinction for the government of President Enrique Peña Nieto. The 104,583 homicide cases registered since he took office in December 2012 are more than the 102,859 officially recorded under his predecessor, Felipe Calderon, who deployed military personnel around the country to confront organized-crime and drug-related violence.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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