Mexico - July 2024

Over 500 Mexican nationals from the southern state of Chiapas have fled to neighboring Guatemala, escaping a surge in violence resulting from organized crime and feuding cartels. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has provided humanitarian assistance and coordinated shelter for the fleeing Mexican families. Mexican officials have stated they are working to ensure the safe return of people to Chiapas. However, reports of alarming rates of intentional homicide indicate that in the first four months of 2024, over 400 people were killed. In May alone, the homicide rate was 152 per cent higher than that for May of 2023.

Sources: El Economista, Associated Press, BBC