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<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?p=13536> Mexicos Violent Murder Rate Is More Than Twice That of USA <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/> Scotty Starnes | November 17, 2010 at 3:05 PM | Tags: <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/border-security/> border security, <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/f-b-i/> F.B.I., <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/mexico/> Mexico, <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/murder-rate/> murder rate, <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/u-s-census-bureau/> U.S. Census Bureau | Categories: <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/> Uncategorized | URL: <http://wp.me/pvnFC-3wk> http://wp.me/pvnFC-3wk Despite these facts, Obama and the Democratic Party want to use backdoor amnesty (think Dream Act) to grant citizenship to illegal immigrants who have a tendency to commit crimes. Instead of enforcing our immigration laws, the Obama administration has sued a state that wants to protect its border and citizens while rewarding sanctuary states with taxpayer dollars. Did you know that the murder rate in Mexico is more than twice that of the U.S. while the U.S. has three times more people? <http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/mexico-s-violent-murder-rate-more-twice > CNSNews.com reports: Individuals run a greater risk of being violently murdered in Mexico than in the United States, where the population is more than three times larger than its southern neighbor. Mexicos secretary of Interior, Francisco Blake Mora, said there currently are 12 violent homicides registered for every 100,000 Mexican residents, as reported in the Nov. 10 El Universal, a Spanish-language newspaper in Mexico. In other words, about 1 in every 8,300 residents is violently murdered in Mexico. In Mexico, as in the United States, a violent murder is differentiated from a justifiable homicide, such as may occur through self-defense or when a felon is killed by a police officer in the line of duty. Murder in Mexico, as in America, refers to the willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another. FBI <http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/offenses/violent_crime/murder_homicide.htm l%20> data show that in the United States, There were 5.0 murders per 100,000 inhabitants in 2009, an 8.1 percent decrease from the 2008 rate. That means that in 2009 there was 1 murder per 20,000 U.S. inhabitants. When compared to Mexicos current rate of 1 murder per 8,300 Mexican residents, an individual runs a greater risk of being violently murdered in Mexico than in the United States. Yet the U.S. population is more than three times the size of Mexicos. According to the latest <http://cuentame.inegi.org.mx/poblacion/habitantes.aspx?tema=P%20> figures from Mexicos National Institute of Statistics and Geography, there are 103, 263, 388 people in that country. The U.S. Census Bureau <http://www.census.gov/%20> says there are 310, 691, 181 people in the United States. For the 15,241 people that were murdered in the United States in 2009, More than 44 percent (44.8) of murders were reported in the South, the most populous region, with 21.3 percent reported in the West, 20.0 percent reported in the Midwest, and 13.9 percent reported in the Northeast, according to the FBI. When accounting for Mexicos population of about 103.3 million and that countrys violent homicide rate of 1 murder for every 8,300 residents, CNSNews.com calculated that there were an estimated 12,400 registered murders in Mexico in 2009. Although Mexicos violent homicide rate exceeds that of the United Sates in terms of homicides per residents, Mora pointed out that in countries such as Brazil and Colombia the murder rate per resident is much higher than in Mexico. Mexicos Secretary of Interior noted that in Colombia, for example, there are 30 homicides per resident, and that in some Central American countries that figure is higher, reaching 40 homicides per resident. The population of Mexico dwarfs that of Colombia and all other Central American countries. Brazils population (191 million), however, exceeds that of Mexico, but not that of the United States. Brazil itself has a much higher [homicide] average than Mexico, said Mora, but he added that law-and-order in Brazil is very different than in Mexico. According to Mora, Mexico must combat organized crime in order to diminish it. The secretary of interior highlighted Mexicos drugs and weapons seizures for 2010. In cocaine, México has secured more than 100 tons; in marijuana, more than 100, 523 tons; in psychotropics, more than 60.7 million units; more than 90,000 arms, many from U.S. manufacturing companies, of which 80% were long guns, said Mora. Mora also said that the Mexican governments formula for ensuring public safety is to weaken organized crime while at the same time strengthening the organizations that are in charge of providing public safety. <http://www.cnsnews.com/image/63983> Ciudad Juarez, Mexico The body of a 24-year-old man, one of two people killed here by unknown gunmen on Thursday, April 8, 2010, lies on a street in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias) For many decades organized crime was strengthened because it was kept silent, said Mora, and that was the drug business along with the weakening of the institutional structures. CNSNews.com <http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/1200-children-killed-cartel-violence-me x> previously reported that, according to non-governmental organizations in Mexico, 1,200 children have been killed by drug cartel violence in that country since 2006. According to Mexican government officials, more than 28,000 people have died as a result of Mexicos drug-related violence since Mexican President Felipe Calderon stepped-up the government's fight against drug cartels and organized crime after taking office in December 2006. Information for this report was partly gleaned from El Universal, a Spanish-language newspaper in Mexico. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? 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