Acapulco Becoming World's Most Dangerous City~Matamoros Joins Top 50

 

by Jim Barton on Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 2:30am

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(Borderland Beat)   A Mexican NGO, the Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Publica y Justicia Penal (Citizen's Council on Public Security and Criminal Justice), published a report in October that concluded, by the end of 2011, Acapulco will overtake Ciudad Juarez as the world's most violent city.
Using projections based on SNSP figures for homicides per municipality from January 2011 to August 2011, the report predicted that Acapulco will end the year with a homicide rate of 139.11 (murders/100,000 inhabitants).
The report predicted that Ciudad Juarez's homicide rate will drop to 118.46
The report also predicted that 19 Mexican cities will rank within the world's 50 most violent large cities by the end of 2011.
The report calculated a national homicide rate for Mexico of 25.5 murders/100,000 inhabitants, much higher than the latest official SNSP figure of 11.6 murders/100,000 inhabitants for the year 2008.
(Table below- Mexican cities that will probably rank in world's 50 most violent cities in 2011:
entidad-state, municipio-city, datos SNSP-government homicide figures Jan-Aug 2011, proy-estimated homicides for Jan-Dec 2011, pob. proyec-estimated population, Tasa-homicide rate (murders/100,000 inhabitants)
A Mexican NGO, the Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Publica y Justicia Penal (Citizen's Council on Public Security and Criminal Justice), published a report in October that concluded, by the end of 2011, Acapulco will overtake Ciudad Juarez as the world's most violent city.
Using projections based on SNSP figures for homicides per municipality from January 2011 to August 2011, the report predicted that Acapulco will end the year with a homicide rate of 139.11 (murders/100,000 inhabitants).
The report predicted that Ciudad Juarez's homicide rate will drop to 118.46
The report also predicted that 19 Mexican cities will rank rated homicides for Jan-Dec 2011, pob. proyec-estimated population, Tasa-homicide rate (murders/100,000 inhabitants)
The report listed 19 Mexican cities that will rank in the world's top 50 most dangerous for 2011.  Acapulco will be 1st for Mexico and the world.  Among Mexican cities Monterrey is ranked 7th, Reynosa 12th, Tijuana 14th, Matamoros 15th