A Timeline of Peace in Mexico_1
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FROM THE HEIGHT OF THE DRUG WAR TO TODAY
Life expectancy and per capita income are on the rise. Mexico’s homicide rate approaches historic lows, having fallen steadily since the early 1990s.
Mexico reaches its most peaceful year, as measured by the Mexico Peace Index.
Homicides escalate for the first time since the 1990s.
Organized crime groups have been building a large narcotics trade, moving marijuana, cocaine and
heroin into the US since the 1980s. Despite this, levels of violence are relatively low, as organized crime groups benefit from
corruption and impunity.
As democracy improves around the country, efforts to reform increase tension with drug
cartels leading to violence.
By December 2006, peace has deteriorated steadily for two years. The drug trade has entrenched
violence and corruption throughout the country.
Violence increases: fighting escalates between different drug cartels, and between the cartels and law enforcement.
Mexican citizens respond: thousands join political protests against the drug war violence.
The movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity begins. Popularly known as ‘Hasta la Madre!’ (Fed Up!) the movement calls for an end to drug-fueled violence and for better anti-crime strategies.
Peace gradually begins to improve, after five years of violent conflict between organized crime groups, and multiple Mexican police agencies and armed forces.
The end of 2013 marks a large improvement in peace. Efforts for peacebuilding have taken
place across the country.
Protests continue in response to the disappearance of 43 students in Guerrero.
The rate of violent crime, homicide and organized crime related offenses begin to decrease; they'll eventually drop by 30 percent by 2015.
Today Mexico is 13.5 percent more peaceful than in 2011. But peace remains 16 percent lower than the level recorded in 2003, reflecting potential for further peace gains.
Mexico’s least peaceful year, according to the Mexico Peace Index. The homicide rate peaks in
2011 at 19.7 deaths per 100,000 people.
Self-defense groups begin to appear. Many of these groups are heavily armed
and clash with the drug cartels.
Then-President Felipe Calderón declares war on organized crime and deploys the Mexican armed forces to the streets of Mexican cities and towns to forcibly capture drug cartel operatives.
The Mexican army enters Ciudad Juarez, a city of roughly 1.3 million near Mexico’s border with the US. Violence escalates.
The drug war intensifies. From 2007 to 2011, the level of peace in Mexico deteriorates 23 percent and the homicide rate nearly doubles.
Ciudad Juarez becomes known as the most violent city in the world.
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www.visionofhumanity.org | Mexico Peace Index 2016
A TIMELINE OF PEACE IN MEXICO
Peacefulness has improved gradually every year for four years.