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Weekly Report - 25 January 2018 (WR-18-03)

MEXICO: Homicides and oil pipeline theft surge

After a bright start to his term in office in 2012, President Enrique Peña Nieto looks like leaving under a dark cloud in December this year. Two damning reports were released over the course of the last week. One showed intentional homicides hitting a record high in 2017, eclipsing even the worst year under Peña Nieto’s predecessor Felipe Calderón Hinojosa (2006-2012). The other showed that cases of illegal oil pipeline theft also reached a record high in 2017.

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