The border city of Tijuana was the Mexican municipality with the highest number of homicides, with 1,969 cases reported in 2021. Tijuana was followed by Ciudad Juárez, located south of El Paso, Texas, with a total of 1,393 homicides.
Municipalities with the highest number of homicides in Mexico in 2021
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Gobierno Federal de México. (May 20, 2022). Municipalities with the highest number of homicides in Mexico in 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 22, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/317036/mexico-number-homicides-municipality/
Gobierno Federal de México. "Municipalities with the highest number of homicides in Mexico in 2021." Chart. May 20, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 22, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/317036/mexico-number-homicides-municipality/
Gobierno Federal de México. (2022). Municipalities with the highest number of homicides in Mexico in 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 22, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/317036/mexico-number-homicides-municipality/
Gobierno Federal de México. "Municipalities with The Highest Number of Homicides in Mexico in 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/317036/mexico-number-homicides-municipality/
Gobierno Federal de México, Municipalities with the highest number of homicides in Mexico in 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/317036/mexico-number-homicides-municipality/ (last visited March 22, 2023)
Municipalities with the highest number of homicides in Mexico in 2021 [Graph], Gobierno Federal de México, May 20, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/317036/mexico-number-homicides-municipality/