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During the confinement that the country experienced due to the coronavirus, in Mexico the indicators of family violence soared, especially against women. Even, according to the statistics of the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP), during the Andrés Manuel López Obrador era, almost 3 accumulated, Femicides.
However, another equally serious indicator is the statistical report of Violence against Women , published by the same SESNSP, calculating that in September of this year, 23 women older than 18 years of age were illegally deprived of liberty in the country , the highest figure so far in 2021.
That is to say, each 31 hours a woman was kidnapped somewhere in Mexico, taking as a reference the reported cases, so which could be a higher figure.
According to the report, from January to September of this year add up to a total of 149 women victims of kidnapping in the country , this is 75 less than 224 achieved throughout the 2020.
In absolute numbers, the State of Mexico occupies the first place with 27 female kidnapping victims so far from 2021 , followed by Veracruz with 16, Mexico City with 11, San Luis Potosí with 10, Chihuahua with 10, Michoacán with 10. In rate per each 100 thousand inhabitants, the first place is occupied by San Luis Potosí, with 0. 74 cases ; Zacatecas, 0. 70; Chihuahua, 0. 53.
Likewise, female victims of human trafficking had a slight increase last month , from 37 in August to 42 in September.
In the same way, crimes of gender violence in all its forms other than family violence, went from 321 to 346 in the last two months .
Gender violence is also reflected in femicides
During the six-year term of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, in Mexico there were 2, 812 femicides until September 2021.
The graphics ficas reflect an increase in the incidence of this crime over the last few years. During the first nine months of this 2021, 762 cases, in contrast to the 722 presented in 2020.
During 2019 and 2020, the number of femicides in Mexico was 974 and 975 respectively.
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