Security & Strategic Review - June 2015 (ISSN 1741-4202)

MEXICO | Disparate crime indicators. The national public security system reports that in the first five months of the year there were 6,698 cases of intentional homicide, or 2.7% fewer than in the same period of last year. There were far greater falls in other high-impact crimes: extortions were down by 24%, to 2,181, kidnappings by 54%, to 688.