On August 31st, white male Seth Aaron Ator, 36, carried out a shooting spree in the neighboring cities of Midland and Odessa, Texas; the gunman who killed seven people and wounded 23 others in a rolling rampage across West Texas obtained an assault-style rifle despite failing a background check
López Obrador has acknowledged his government must do more to improve security
The President recognized his government's main challenge: insecurity
On August 24, members of the State Brigade for the Search of Missing People found plastic bags with more than 2,000 bone fragments of hands and feet that belonged adults, adolescents, and children
On July 31, the President announced that the federal government is looking to create an amnesty bill
López Obrador said that the deaths occurred after the suspected gangsters set fire to the bar in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico
The first vigilante group was created on February 24, 2013
Mexico is the most dangerous country for journalists in the Western Hemisphere
Migrants experience physical, psychological, or sexual violence during their journey to the U.S.
In some cases, migrants are forced to trade sex for food in order to survive
Violence threatens Magical Towns
Magical Towns are not exempt from the violence wave in Mexico; 680 alleged murders were registered in these communities during the first half of 2019