Mexico Murders Fall as AMLO Pledges Security Amid Protests
- Homicides in Mexico fell to 2,819 in January after record year
- Lopez Obrador has been questioned on his reaction to femicides
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Mexico’s murder rate fell in the first month of the year as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has pledged to improve security amid protests over recent brutal killings of women.
Murders in Mexico dropped 1.2% to 2,819 in January, down from 2,854 the first month of last year, according to the Interior Ministry. The month followed the most violent year on record.