El Diario reports 44 homicides in the month of July, another decrease from 49 in June. Diario gives a total of 580 for the year so far, but by the monthly tallies I have, I think a better figure is 584. This is an average of 2.7 murders each day in the city. Projecting that the downward trend continues and murders fall to 30 per month for the rest of the year, 2012 will end with more than 700 homicides. About 320 people were victims in 2007–the highest figure ever recorded in the city before the explosion of violence in 2008.
This figure is also consistent with a report an independent researcher got from an official at the Juarez morgue earlier this week–582. I believe that the discrepancy is due to how some crimes are categorized as “homicidios culposos” rather than dolosos… But I will report the number of 584 as I think it is more accurate.
Juarez Murders 1993-July 2012
Total 1993-2007 = 3,538 (0.7 per day)
2007 = 320
2008 = 1,623
2009 = 2,754
2010 = 3,622 (**)
2011 = 2,086
2012 = 584 (as of July 31)
Total killed since 2007 = 10,989
Total killed since 1993 = 14,527
Average of 6.3 people per day since Jan 2008
(**original media tally for 2010=3,111; March 2011 Fiscalia report = 3,951; Fiscalia spokesman gave new figure of 3,622 to Reuters reporter in October 2011)
MURDERS OF WOMEN
1993-2007………………427 (3,538) – 12%
2008 ……………………….87 (1,623) – 5.3%
2009……………………….164 (2,754)—5.9%
2010 ………………………304 (3,622) – 8.3%
2011 …………………….. 196 (2,086) – 9.3%
2012 (as of July 31) ………73 (584) – 12.5%
Women…………1,251 ( 14,527 total victims) – 8.6%
Women = 8.6 percent
of total murder victims over the past 18 years
Statistics from El Diario based on official data from the Chihuahua State Attorney General
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