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The Mexican agency, SESNSP has released homicide data for July 2018. Those numbers are posted in the table below with links to sources. Also, several articles in the press on the record number of homicides during July, for example: https://torontosun.com/news/crime/murderous-mexico-july-homicides-shatter-grim-record

I will note that this article cites a lower record number of “homicide investigations” opened in July. The figures in the table below come from another SESNSP report providing the number of VICTIMS, a more realistic figure for the actual death toll. molly

Mexico Homicides: 2007- July 2018

Compiled by Molly Molloy

The numbers in the table below include official Mexican government homicide statistics from 2007-May 2018, using INEGI figures for 2007-2017, with data from the SESNSP for Jan-July 2018.

The data on the numbers of homicide victims for January-July 2018 show an overall steady increase, with a very slight decrease from March-April, and again in June. Victims of homicidios dolosos (intentional homicides) increased significantly in July to a total of 3,017—nearly 100 people killed EACH DAY during the month of July 2018. During the first 7 months of 2018, there were a total of 18,994 homicide victims—an average of 90 people have been murdered each day in Mexico this year.

Homicides in Mexico, 2007-July 2018

YEAR	#Homicides	Rate=#/100,000 population
2007*	8,867	8
2008	14,006	13
2009	19,803	18
2010	25,757	23
2011	27,213	24
2012	25,967	22
2013	23,063	19
2014	20,010	17
2015	20,525	17
2016	23,953	20
2017**	31,174	25
TOTAL 2007-2017	240,338

2018***
Jan	2,549
Feb	2,390
Mar	2,751
Apr	2,724
May	2,894
June	2,669
July	3,017
SUB-TOTAL 2018	18,994

CUMULATIVE 2007-July 2018	259,332