The Employers’ Confederation of the Mexican Republic (Coparmex) announced that the extortion It’s one of the crimes whose growth is overwhelmingsince during the 65 months of the current government it has grown 45.3% the number of investigation folders related to extortion.
In accordance with José Medina Mora, president of CoparmexThe most delicate thing is that it has a black figure of 96 percent, which means that only 4 out of every 100 extortions are reported.
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The fact that they are not reported causes an underestimation in the figures, so we could anticipate that the incidence of crime could be almost 10 times higher, but it also prevents the authorities from being able to investigate and punish those responsible, that is, it is the prelude to impunity,” he noted.
Las DataCoparmex figures they detail that From January to April 2024, 31 extortion victims were registered per day, more than one per hour. This represented an increase of 8.3% compared to the same period in 2023.
*Source: Coparmex.
During 2023, 54.5% of members were victims of a crimethat is, one in two were victims of crime, with extortion being the second most frequent crime with a modality of 70% of extortions were by telephone (that is, extortion by telephone or through social networks) and 30%, collection of floor.
The report states that In 2023, 10,975 victims of extortion will be registeredvirtually identical to the all-time high in 2022 with 11,039.
Las entities with higher rates of this crime are the Mexico statefollowed by Colima and Morelos.
Meanwhile, in 15 entities in the country there was an increase in the number of extortion victims compared to the same period of the previous year.
The data of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi), which measures the victimization of companies, estimates that during 2021 the cost of crimes for companies was 120.2 billion pesos, equivalent to 0.4 percent of GDP.
We are interested in making this situation visible because without public security, without legal security and without infrastructure, Mexico will lose the opportunity to attract new investments for an amount close to 35 billion dollars, thanks to the phenomenon of relocation of companies or nearshoring“, stated José Medina Mora.
ELECTIONS IN PEACE
He president of Coparmex He trusted that the June 2 elections next take place in an environment of peace.
This despite the fact that it identified two states and 17 municipalities where there is perceived insecurity of candidates and risks that election day will not take place peacefully.
From Coparmex we hope for a peaceful election day, although it is true that there has been a record in political violence,” he explained.
Los incidents of political violence are 26% more that in the 2021 electoral period and that, of the total number of incidents, 45% were murders.
For this reason, he called on the authorities to make an effort towards June 2 to ensure that citizens can go to the polls with complete peace of mind.
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2024-05-30 11:00:27