This year has been Mexico’s deadliest on record. A total of 23,101 murder investigations were launched nationwide between January and November, reported Reuters, citing figures released by the country’s interior ministry. That’s Mexico’s highest annual murder tally since modern records began in 1997. The record-breaking murder tally has been described as a major blow to President Enrique Pena Nieto and his Institutional Revolutionary Party as Mexico prepares to elect a new president in July 2018. When Pena Nieto took office in 2012, he had promised to bring peace to a country weary from years of violence.

Source: Huffington Post December 24, 2017 14:26 UTC