Jalisco struck by nearly five murders per day in 2013
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- Published on Friday, 22 March 2013 18:30
- Written by Duncan Tucker
The murder rate in Jalisco has soared in 2013, with an average of 4.7 killings per day in the first two and a half months of the year.
From January 1 to March 15, 346 people were murdered across the state. The current average of 4.7 homicides a day is significantly higher than the 3.3 recorded in Jalisco in 2011, the most violent of the last six years.