The Year You Were Born
In , Mexico recorded
This was the state of violence when you entered the world.
Mexico ha experimentado violencia constante y sostenida durante años, temo que esta violencia se haya normalizado, que la gente se haya desensibilizado a los titulares diarios sobre otro homicidio. Esto no es normal, y quiero mostrar y recordar a la gente que UN homicidio es demasiado.
* Data available from 1990 to 2024
In , Mexico recorded
This was the state of violence when you entered the world.
Starting in 2006, the government launched a military crackdown on drug cartels. The strategy backfired catastrophically.
By 2011, homicides had exploded to unprecedented levels:
This was the peak of the first wave, more than from your birth year.
After a brief decline, violence surged again. 2020 became the deadliest year in modern Mexican history with
Today, violence remains at historically high levels. The crisis continues to devastate communities across Mexico.
Since you were born in , this many people have been murdered in Mexico:
That's people per day, every day, for your entire life.
This is not normal. Every number represents a life lost, a family destroyed, a community traumatized.
The area in red represents your lifetime, every year since you were born.
Violence doesn't discriminate by age, but some groups bear the heaviest burden.
Since you were born in , this many people in your age group have been murdered:
That's people who were years old when they died.
See how violence has affected every state in Mexico from 1990 to 2024
Click on a state above to see its top 5 most violent municipalities