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Acquitted
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19,143 |
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[11th of 30]
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Assaults
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253,972 |
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[3rd of 49]
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Burglaries
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139,679 |
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[9th of 38]
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Car thefts
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141,007 |
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[5th of 46]
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Drug offences
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23,588 per 100,000 people |
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[12th of 46]
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Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms
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20.6051
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[17th of 32]
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Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop.
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17.7735
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[6th of 32]
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Illicit drugs
major drug-producing nation; cultivation of opium poppy in 2007 rose to 6,900 hectares yielding a potential production of 18 metric tons of pure heroin, or 50 metric tons of "black tar" heroin, the dominant form of Mexican heroin in the western United States; marijuana cultivation increased to 8,900 hectares in 2007 and yielded a potential production of 15,800 metric tons; government conducts the largest independent illicit-crop eradication program in the world; continues as the primary transshipment country for US-bound cocaine from South America, with an estimated 90% of annual cocaine movements toward the US stopping in Mexico; major drug syndicates control the majority of drug trafficking throughout the country; producer and distributor of ecstasy; significant money-laundering center; major supplier of heroin and largest foreign supplier of marijuana and methamphetamine to the US market |
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Jails
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448 |
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[5th of 80]
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Murders
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13,144 |
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[3rd of 49]
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Murders committed by youths
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5,991 |
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[5th of 73]
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Murders with firearms
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2,606 |
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[3rd of 36]
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Police
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495,821 |
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[2nd of 47]
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Prisoners
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172,888 prisoners |
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[3rd of 168]
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Prisoners > Per capita
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169 per 100,000 people |
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[49th of 164]
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Rapes
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14,373 |
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[4th of 50]
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Robberies
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147,775 |
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[4th of 47]
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Software piracy rate
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61% |
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[54th of 107]
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Total crimes
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1,516,029 |
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[8th of 50]
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Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating
Tier 2 Watch List - Mexico remains on the Tier 2 Watch List for the third consecutive year based on future commitments to undertake additional efforts in prosecution, protection, and prevention of trafficking in persons, and the failure of the government to provide critical law enforcement data |
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SOURCES: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002)
(United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); Wikipedia: Gun violence
; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002)
(United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002; International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief; Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Mexico, ma*a(c)xico, United Mexican States, Estados Unidos Mexicanos
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