A  Mexican NGO (non-governmental organization) called the Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y Justicia Penal, A.C. (Citizen Council for Public Security and Penal Justice) researches crime statistics.

The group has released its report of the most violent municipios in Mexico in the year 2014.

A municipio is not equivalent to a municipality in the United States.
In Spanish-speaking countries, the distinction between city and county jurisdiction found in the U.S. does not exist.   The municipio in a
Spanish-speaking country is a jurisdictional subdivision of a state or comparable entity.  The government of the municipio, generally located in the territory’s principal city, has authority over the entire jurisdiction, including smaller cities and rural areas.

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Article by Allan Wall, on Mexidata.info, published February 23rd, 2015.

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