What are the most dangerous places in Mexico?

Answer 1

Juarez, bordering El Paso, TX. It is considered the second most dangerous city in the world, with 148 murders per 100,000 inhabitants (2012). Annually, 10% of Mexico's dead due to the current war on drugs inhabited such city.

For comparison purposes, average murders per 100,000 inhabitants in other countries and cities are as follows:

• San Pedro Sula (Honduras): 158.87
• Maceio (Brazil): 135.26
• Honduras (national average): 91.6
• Mexico (national average): 22.7
• United States (national average): 4.8

Answer 2

The northwestern state of Chihuahua or the southern Pacific state of Guerrero are arguably the most dangerous states in Mexico, depending on the statistic you use. In terms of total organized-crime homicides, the state of Chihuahua leads the way with 1,794 homicides during 2013.

In homicide rate terms (murders per 100,000 inhabitants), the resort-city of Acapulco (Guerrero) is the most dangerous throughout the country (and third most dangerous in the world), with a homicide rate of 129 murders per 100,000.

In general terms however, the northern Pacific state of Sinaloa is also considered family-unfriendly, being second in terms of total murders behind Chihuahua (1,015 murders throughout 2013) and having its capital, the city of Culiacan as the third most dangerous in the country (and 16th most dangerous in the world) with 58 murders per 100,000.

Answer 3

The easiest way to measure safety is through the homicide rate, or number of murders per 100,000 inhabitants. As an example, the most dangerous city in the U.S. is Detroit, with 46.99 murders per 100,000 inhabitants.

For Mexico, the murder rate of its most dangerous cities is as follows:

1. Acapulco (murder rate: 112.8)
2. Culiacan (54.57)
3. Torreon (54.24)
4. Chihuahua (50.12)
5. Victoria (49.22)
6. Nuevo Laredo (42.90)
7. Juarez (37.59)
8. Cuernavaca (34.91)
9. Tijuana (32.5)

All of them are located on major points of entry, transport and distribution of illegal drugs into the United States.

Answer 4

Border cities like Juarez or Matamoros are currently the most dangerous places to be in Mexico.

Answer 5

Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua (on the other side of El Paso, Texas) is the worst of the worst.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

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