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    Murders in Mexico:a benchmark withColombia

    Figures ofinsecurity in

    Mexico areresented

    CIDAC offers 27 figures for understanding the

    insecurity in our country

    CIDACMEXICO

    Center of Research for Development

    Jaime Balmes 11, Building D, 2nd. floor, Los Morales Polanco, C.P. 11510, Mexico D.F.

    Tel. (52-55) 5985-1010 Fax (52-55) 5985-1030

    DATE: OCTOBER 2011NUMBER: 000

    YEAR:1$0.00

    1997 - 2010

    Crime incidence per 100,000 inhabitants inMexico is almost three times the one inUnited States in 2009.

    Specialists insisted on comparing Mexico with

    Colombia during the eighties and nineties.

    Crime incidence per

    state

    Investigated crimes vs.Reported crimesIn average, the state Public Prosecutors onlyinvestigate 20% of the total committed crimesin the country.

    Crime map since it is commited until it is, ornot, punished.

    100%

    20%9%

    COMMITTEDcrimes

    INVESTIGATEDcrimes

    crimes go toTRIAL

    REDNUMBERSof the Criminal Justice S stem in Mexico

    2009

    Mexico EU

    vs

    1%

    PUNISHEDcrimes

    COLOMBIA

    1995

    CHIHUAHUA

    2011

    130 murders per100,000 inhabitants

    80 murders per100,000 inhabitants

    MARIEN RIVERA AND RAFAEL CH

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    02 |OCTUBRE 2011

    Mexican criminal justice system is in crisis. We are facing historic rates of criminality and violence,

    mostly because of the States inability to rise as a real threat of punishment for those who break

    the law. For understanding where the challenges of our criminal justice system lie, it is

    fundamental to know what happens in the process since a crime is committed until it is punished,

    or not; which authorities are involved and where the bottlenecks are. In this process, the statistics

    are an indispensable tool for measuring the institutions performance on each phase of the

    process. Unfortunately, the available public data of security are difficult to compile, compare or

    systematize. Acknowledging that the first step for solving the problem is understanding it, CIDAC

    has worked with the public available data and, in this document, presents 27 figures for

    understanding the countrys insecurity problem.

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    03 |OCTOBER 2011

    Diagram of the crime

    CRIMEINCIDENCE

    Reported crimes

    (official data)

    Preliminary

    investigationsDetentions Convictions

    Murders

    Executions allegedly relatedwith organized crime (PRCO)

    Penitentiary

    system

    Convictions fororganized crime

    A CRIME ISREPORTED

    UNREPORTED CRIMES Why Dark figure of crime

    21

    Crime consequences

    1, 6, 7 y 15 26 22 y 23

    2716

    9, 10, 11, 12, 13 y 1425

    5 3, 4 y 8

    17, 18 y 19

    2 y 20

    FEDERAL JURISDICTION

    24IMPUNITY

    The order of the document is designed for telling a story: what happens with a crime since it is committed until it is, or

    not, punished. The inferior diagram visualizes this process. Nevertheless, the reader could focus on a specific part of themap, like reported crimes, or a phenomenons component, such as organized crime. The order of the factors does notalter the product if, with these 27 pieces of information, we achieve motivating other stories with new solutions.

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    TAB 24,424

    MOR 19,878

    DF 19,319

    OAX 19,200

    QROO 18,692MEX 15,392

    BCS 14,353

    BC 12,642

    SLP 11,894

    YUC 11,437

    GTO 10,221

    HGO 10,189

    AGS 10,061

    COA 9,894

    DGO 9,687

    NL 9,602

    MICH 8,550

    CHIH 8,372

    JAL 7,271

    PUE 7,206

    SON 6,837

    ZAC 5,795COL 5,737

    VER 5,439

    GRO 5,258

    CHIS 5,189

    SIN 4,832

    TAMPS 4,579

    QUE 3,630

    NAY 3,240

    CAM 1,897

    TLAX 1,567

    Crime incidence per state (Mex vs. EU)

    Reported crimes per stateWhenwetalkaboutreportedcrimes perstate,we are

    not referring to the actual number of crimes. These

    only account for the crimes that people decide to

    informtotheauthoritiesforthemtobeinvestigated.

    Forexample,for2010,BajaCaliforniaisthestatewithmore reported crimes per 100,000 inhabitants. This

    does not mean it is the entity with more crime

    incidence (reported crimes + unreported crimes), in

    which case Tabasco wouldbe the entity wheremore

    crimeshappenper100,000inhabitants.

    01

    Source: CIDAC with data from Secretariado Ejecutivo del Sistema Nacional deSeguridad Pbica; CONAPO and the Censo de Poblacin y Vivienda 2010.

    With more repcrimes

    orted

    Baja California 3,532

    Tabasco 2,981

    Yucatn 2,806Quintana Roo 2,640

    Morelos 2,490

    With less rcrim

    eporteds

    Guerrero 737

    Nayarit 706

    Chiapas 483Tlaxcala 457

    Campeche 250

    02

    T he c ri me i nc id en ce p er 1 00 ,0 00

    inhabitants in Mexico was almost three

    timestheoneintheUnitedStatesin2009.

    It is important to point out that whileinthe United States the incidence had a

    substantial growth during the eighties

    until around themiddle of the nineties

    period characterized for a population

    growthof16.5%-duringthelast15years

    ithasexperiencedadramaticdrop.

    Nevertheless, theincidence inMexico has

    remainedpractically unaltereddue to the

    lack of structural changes in matters of

    security, andespecially inprocurement of

    justice (previous to the development and

    implementation of the current Criminal

    Justice Reform). Entities like Queretaro,

    Nayarit and Veracruz present a crime

    incidencesimilartothe one inthe United

    States.

    Source: CIDAC with data from Secretariado Ejecutivo dSistema Nacional de Seguridad Pbica; CONAPO a

    ICESI. United States data from FBI, Uniform Crime Repor

    per 100,000 inhabitantsper 100,00 inhabitants

    per 100,000 inhabitants

    *TAMPs crime incidence decline from 2009 to 2010 is the result of atypical dark figure of crime given by INEGIcompared to the one observed in ICESIs victimization survey**Crime incidence data was developed using the same dark figure of crime for all crimes except for murders.***The incidence does not reflect the type of committed crimes, just the total number.

    04 |OCTOBER 2011

    Crime incidence per100,000 inhabitants 2010

    (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    AVERAGE

    AVERAGE

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    Dark figureof crime perstate 2012

    Thepercentageofunreportedcrimesis

    known as dark Zigure. As for 2010,

    the national average for it was 83%.

    That is,authorities neveracknowledge

    8outof10crimes.

    Source: CIDAC with data from INE

    Dark figure ofcrime

    OAX 92.2%

    MICH 91.1%

    CHIS 90.7%

    DF 88.6%

    MEX 88.5%

    NL 88.3%

    TAB 87.8%

    MOR 87.5%

    CAM 86.8%

    GRO 86.0%

    QROO 85.9%

    GTO 85.8%

    SLP 85.5%

    HGO 84.9%

    JAL 84.1%

    SON 83.8%

    Dark figure ofcrime

    ZAC 83.4%

    PUE 83.3%

    VER 83.2%

    AGS 83.1%

    BCS 82.7%

    COA 81.7%

    DGO 81.0%

    COL 79.5%

    NAY 78.2%

    SIN 77.2%

    YUC 75.5%

    CHIH 75.1%

    BC 72.1%

    TLAX 70.9%

    QUE 70.8%

    TAMPS* 68.2%

    per 100,000 inhabitants per 100,000 inhabitants

    * Data from Tamps under revision due to the difference of results of the darkfigure in previous years.

    05 |OCTOBER 2011

    Dark figure of crime Reported crimes

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    04

    05

    States with more variation in darkfigure of crime 2000-2010

    Durango, Nayarit, Tabasco, San Luis

    Potos, and Chiapas have presented a

    highvariationintheevolutionoftheirdarkZigurealongthelast tenyears.In

    fact,the percentage ofcrimesthat are

    not reported has increased 30% in

    Chiapas, 37% in San Luis Potosi and

    20%inTabasco.

    As we can see in chart 05, of all the

    possible reasons for not reporting a

    crime,69%aredirectlyattributabletot he i ne fZ ic ie nc y o f t he P ub li c

    Prosecutor. On the other side, the

    estimate of dark Zigure per federal

    e n ti t y h o ld s a r e la t iv el y h i gh

    conZidenceinterval.

    Reasons why crimes

    are not reported

    Source: CIDAC with data from 2000 to 2008 of ICESI; 2010 data from INEGI (it is impor tant to point out compatibilityproblems with the rest of the data and atypical data in the states of Tamps and Tab); 2009 is the average of 2008 and 2010.

    Source: CIDAC with data from the ENSI-6, ICESI.

    69% of the causes are

    attributable to the Public

    Prosecutors inefficiency.

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    07

    Annual growth rate in reportedcrimes per state

    Initially, we could assume that the

    states with more violence, especially

    those with high levels of murders

    allegedly related with organized

    crime, should have a decline on the

    number of reported crimes in 2010

    comparedwith2009. This hypothesis

    would mostly deal with the citizens

    fear of inZiltration or cooption of

    groups related with organized crime

    inthe stateinstitutions.Nevertheless,

    even though a clear decline on the

    numberofreportedcrimesisa fact in

    stateswithhighlevelsofviolence,like

    Tamaulipas, Michoacan, Guerrero or

    Morelos, thecase of Durango anditsi nc re as e s ee ms t o w ea ke n t hi s

    presumption.

    Source: CIDAC with data from Secretariado Ejecutivo delSistema Nacional de Seguridad Pblica; CONAPO andCenso de Poblacin y Vivienda 2010.

    Total reported crimes per 100,000 inhabitants1997-2010

    Source: CIDAC with data from Secretariado Ejecutivo del Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Pblica; CONAPO and Conteo de Poblacin y Vivienda 2010.

    Whenweseereportedcrimesinthecountrythroughouttime,wecanZindthat,comparedwith1997,2010wasayearwith

    less registered crimes. Nevertheless, reported crimes have been relatively stable during the last 13 years. It is explained

    because reportedcrimesjust show us thePublic Prosecutorscapacityfor processing crimes.Even thoughthe criminality

    rates have skyrocketed in the last years, the Public Prosecutor has been incapable of reacting towards the insecurity

    phenomenon.

    07 |OCTOBER 2011

    (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    (per 100,000 inhabitants)

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    09

    Evolution of the dark figure of crime2000-2010

    On the next chart we can see how, throughout the years, the difference

    betweenthestatewiththelowestdarkZigure andtheonewiththe highest

    hasbeendrasticallyreduced.Asfor2010wecanseethatthestatesaremuch

    morehomogeneousintheirlackofreportingcrimes.Itisimportanttopoint

    out that eventhough thedifference ofthe dark Zigure betweenstates has

    beendiminished,the averagedark Zigurehasbeenconstant duringthe last

    decade.

    Murders allegedly related with organizedcrime throughout time

    Source: CIDAC with data from 2000 to 2008 of ICESI; 2010 data from INEGI (it is impor tant to point out compatibiproblems with the rest of the data and atypical data in the states of Tamps and Tab); 2009 average of 2008 and 20

    Source: CIDAC with data from Presidencia de la Republicas database: deceases occurred due to alleged criminal r ivalry.

    An increase of700% in a

    period of just 3 years.

    The rise of deaths allegedly related with organized crime is

    overwhelming.Wepassedfrom500deathsduringtheZirsttrimesterin

    2007tomorethan4,000duringthethirdtrimesterof2010.

    The negative performance

    of the Public Prosecutor

    (PP) has an effect on the

    peoples confidence on it.

    08 |OCTOBER 2011

    %

    AVERAGE

    min: data from the state with the lowest dark figuremax: data from the state with the highest dark figure

    Numberofdece

    ases

    1st trimester 2007 - 4th trimester 2010

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    rimes

    ter20

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    11

    Variation in murders allegedly related

    with organized crime 2007-2010

    Source: CIDAC with data from Presidencia de la Republicasdatabase: deceases occurred due to alleged criminal rivalry.

    Evolution of murders allegedly related with organizedcrime on absolute numbers 2007-2010

    Source: CIDAC with data from Presidencia de la Republicas database: deceases occurred due to alleged criminal rivalr y.

    Perhaps the worst thing

    a b o u t t h e v i o l e n c e

    phenomenon in Mexico isthat it has stabilized on

    veryhighrates.Duringthe

    Zirst month of 2007, the

    n u m b er o f m u r de r s

    i n cr e as e d m o re t h a n

    100% compared to the

    month before, and, for

    march of the same year,

    the rise was higher than

    150%, Each month, since

    December 2006, therehas

    been an average of 10%

    more murders than the

    m o nt h b e fo r e. E ve n

    though the growth rate

    stoppedinthelastmonths

    of 2010,thetotalZigureof

    that growth on average

    morethan700deathsper

    monthisveryhigh.

    In the course of three years, almost 35,000

    peoplediedin Mexico asa result of situations

    allegedly related to organized crime. The

    problem starts with thelabel. First, there is a

    generalpresumptionthatthevictimswerealso

    criminals.Second,evenif weassumethateach

    person that died was a crime organization

    member, not investigating every case would

    meanpunishing,without a proper process and

    withcapitalpunishment,everycrimeclassiZied

    as organized crime from minor drug dealing

    toanexecution.

    09 |OCTOBER 2011

    AVERAG10.8%

    Deceases per year

    Variation

    %

    Janua

    ry20

    07

    March

    2007

    May2

    007

    July2

    007

    Septe

    mber

    2007

    Nove

    mber

    2007

    Janua

    ry20

    08

    March

    2008

    May2

    008

    July2

    008

    Sept

    embe

    r200

    8

    Nove

    mber

    2008

    Janua

    ry20

    09

    March

    2009

    May2

    009

    July2

    009

    Sept

    embe

    r200

    9

    Nove

    mber

    2009

    Janua

    ry20

    10

    March

    2010

    May2

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    010

    Sept

    embe

    r201

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    mber

    2010

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    13

    Murders allegedly related with organized

    crime per state

    Source: Source: CIDAC with data from Presidencia de la Republicas database: deceases occurred due to alleged criminal rivalr y

    Murders: a

    benchmark

    with Colombia

    Source: Source: CIDAC with data from Presidencia de la Republicas database: deceases occurred due to alleged criminal r ivalry; USA, Crime Index Rate; Colombia, UNDemographic Yearbook.

    50% of themurders related

    with organizedcrime arecommitted in just9% of Mexican

    territory:Chihuahua, Sinaloaand Guerrero.

    D u ri ng t h is s ix -y ea r pre s id e nt i al t e rm ,

    specialists insisted on comparing Mexicos

    situation with Colombias during the eighties

    and nineties. Even though the average murder

    per 100,000 inhabitants in Mexico until 2010

    wasonly20%ofhighestrateinColombiaduring

    1995 (80 murders per 100,000 inhabitants),

    whenwefocus inthestatesreality, wecan see

    Chihuahua presents a much worse situation

    with more than 130 murders per 100,000

    inhabitants.

    States with more murders allegewith organized crime 20

    dly related10

    Chihuahua 130Sinaloa 65Durango 51Tamaulipas 36Nayarit 34

    per 100,000 inhabitants

    10 |OCTOBER 2011

    % total deceases 2007-2012

    other states50%

    (por cada 100 mil habitantes)

    Colombia (1995):highest murders percapita

    Colombia (1985):murders per capita

    NATIONALAVERAGE

    USA:average ofmurders percapita2000-2010

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    Growth of murdersallegedly related withorganized crime in Mexico

    Source: CIDAC with data from Presidencia de la Republicas database: deceases occurred due to allegedcriminal rivalr .

    Composition

    of reported

    crimes

    Source: CIDAC with data from Secretariado Ejecutivo del Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Pblica

    of 1.8% -average rate of 2010 the

    murderswillreach69,400.Finally,ona

    scenario of a low growth rate a

    monthly1%- the murderswillsurpass

    65,000.Alltheprospections,regardless

    of theirconsidered rates, raise a 50%

    growth on murders from December

    2010toDecember2012.

    Despite the increase on murders

    allegedly related withorganizedcrime

    during this presidential term, the

    proportion of committed murders in

    2010isidenticaltotheonein2005.We

    observe these inconsistencies on data

    overandoveragain:thereisnorecord

    of reported murders consistent with

    the number of murders allegedly

    relatedwithorganizedcrimeregistered

    by a uth orit ie s. I n s om e s tate s

    C hi hu ah ua , C ol im a, N ay ar it , a nd

    Tamaulipastherearemoreexecutions

    or murders allegedly related with

    organizedcrimethantotalmurders.It

    i s i mp o rt a nt t o c on si d er t h e

    classiZicationandlackofcategorization

    of other murders of the Sistema

    NacionaldeSeguridadPblica.

    Several speculations have shown a

    s u bs t an ti al i nc re a se o f m ur de rs

    allegedly relatedwithorganizedcrime

    during the Zirst semester of 2011.

    According to the number of reported

    murders in December 2010 34,612

    there are different forecasts of its

    increase.The50,000willbesurpassed

    inthelasttrimesterof2011regardless

    of thegrowthrate. Consideringa high

    growthratewithamonthlyincreaseof

    4.07% -the existing rate in 2009 the

    numberofmurdersattheendof2012

    will be around 81,500. Considering a

    medium growth rate the number will

    be around76,000. Witha growthrate

    *KIDNAPPING2005: 0.02%; 2010: 0.08%

    *

    11 |OCTOBER 2011

    vs

    Projection of murders allegedly related with organized crime to December 2012

    Average growth rate of 4.07% (2009 rate)Decreasing rate (according to the historic tendency)Average growth rate of 1.8% (2010 rate)Average growth rate of 1%

    Accumulateddeceases

    January2010

    February2010

    March2010

    April2010

    May2010

    June2010

    July2010

    August2010

    September2010

    October2010

    November2010

    December2010

    January2011

    February2011

    March2011

    April2011

    May2011

    June2011

    July2011

    August2011

    September2011

    October2011

    November2011

    December2011

    January2012

    February2012

    March2012

    April2012

    May2012

    June2012

    July2012

    August2012

    September2012

    October2012

    November2012

    December2012

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    Who miscounted?

    Economicaffectations

    associated

    with insecurity

    per region

    Source: CIDAC with data from BM. Encuesta Mensual de Actividad Econmica en los Sectores Manufactureros yNo Manufactureros, December 2010.

    No affectation

    Some kind of affectation (average or serious)

    States with more murders

    allegedly related with organized

    crime than total murders

    Source: CIDAC with data from Presidencia de la Republicas and SNSPs database: deceases occurred due toalleged criminal rivalry

    Murders2010

    Murders allegedlyrelated with

    organized crime 2010Difference

    CHIH 3,806 4,427 -621

    COL 93 101 -8

    NAY 367 377 -10

    TAMPS 719 1,209 -490

    If we compare the number of registered

    murders in SNSP database with murders

    allegedly related with organized crime

    database, bothfrom 2010, we Zindout that in

    four states Chihuahua, Colima, Nayarit, andTamaulipas there are more murders related

    withorganizedcrimethantotalmurders.Even

    if it was true that murders not related with

    organizedcrimeexperiencedadramaticfallfor

    that year, thenumbers ofbothsources should

    coincide.The datafromtheSNSP comes from

    the attorney generals ofZice, and murders

    allegedly related comes from a counting of

    dif ferent public security agencies. Who

    miscounted?

    12 |OCTOBER 2011

    South

    North

    Center

    North Central

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    19

    Kind of affection associated with insecurityin companies

    Prevention and protection actions made by

    companies against crimes in 2010

    Source: CIDAC with data from BM. Encuesta Mensual de Actividad Econmica en los Sectores Manufactureros y NoManufactureros, December 2010.

    Source: CIDAC with data from BM. Encuesta Mensual de Actividad Econmica en los Sectores Manufactureros yNo Manufactureros, December 2010.

    *Includes phone extor tion, decrease on attendance or absence of the personnel, delay on goods delivery, changes in workihours, executives distrust in traveling, decrease of frontier deliveries, e

    * Changes in the schedule and working hours are included; access restriction; limitations in the use of casreported crimes or lawsuits; means of personnel support

    ** Selection of delivery routes, satellite tracking, etc.

    13 |OCTOBER 2011

    (%) per zone

    (%) per zone

    South

    North

    Center

    NorthCentral

    Theft of goods or supplies

    Loss of future business or investments

    Decrease in sales

    Insecurity of the personnel

    Increase of security expenses

    Others*

    South

    North

    Center

    NorthCentral

    Hiring security personnel

    Security cameras / alarms

    Other preventive measures**

    Bigger means of security / vigilance

    Hiring insurance

    Others*

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    Incidence vs. Reported crimes 2000-2010

    Thecrimeincidenceistheresultofthetotalsumofreportedcrimesplusthepercentageofunreportedcrimes(darkZigure).

    Eventhoughthecrimeincidencemoves throughtime,rateofreportedcrimes remains stable.This shows us that thePublic

    Prosecutorsperformancehasnothingtodowiththeinsecurityphenomenon.Thatis,itmakesnodifferenceifthenumberof

    crimesincreasesordecreases:thePublicProsecutoralwaysprocessesthesamenumberofcases.

    20

    Source: CIDAC with data from Secretariado Ejecutivo del Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Pblica, CONAPO. Censo de Poblacin y Vivienda 2010. ICESI INEGI.

    Investigated vs. Reported crimes21

    In average, the statePublic Prosecutor only investigates 20%of thetotal committed crimes inMexico. Once thereported

    crime reaches the PP, the institution must obtain proof and make the required formalities for accrediting the crimes

    perpetrationandtheprobableresponsibilityofaperson.Whenthisinvestigationissolidenough,ajudgeordersthebeginning

    ofajudicialprocess.Asfor2010,ajudgeacceptedonly9%ofthecasesinvestigatedbythePublicProsecutor.

    Source: CIDAC with data from INEGI. Judicial statistics in cr iminal matters.

    *It was assumed that every crime had the same dark figure.

    Incidence per1000,00

    iinhabitants

    Reported crimesper 100,000inhabitants

    2000 306,387 44,705

    2001 323,888 46,764

    2002 319,290 45,536

    2003 312,459 44,157

    2004 324,524 43,392

    2005 311,363 45,085

    2006 310,663 47,023

    2007 339,505 50,211

    2008 330,641 50,892

    2009 325,967 50,531

    2010 312,284 49,186

    14 |OCTOBER 2011

    (por cada 100 mil habitantes)(per 100,000 inhabitants)

    Incidence per capita Reported crimes per capita

    Nationalincidencepercapita

    (aprox.)

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    Convicted vs. InvestigatedOncea case enters the judicial process, the Public Prosecutors accusation confronts the defense of the investigated.The

    judgestaskistodecidewhichofbothargumentshas morelegalweight.As for 2010, 76%ofcases presentedbythePublic

    Prosecutorreceivedaconviction.

    22

    Source: CIDAC with data from INEGI. Estadsticas judiciales en mater ial penal.

    Convicted vs. Reported23Asfor2010,76%ofthecasesthePublicProsecutortooktoajudgereceivedaconviction.However,inthesameyear,only9%

    ofthetotalreportedcrimesreachedajudge.Thatis,only7%ofthetotalreportedcrimesbeforeaPublicProsecutorreceived

    punishment.

    Source: CIDAC with data from INEGI. Estadsticas judiciales en mater ial penal.

    Impunity (Convictions/crime incidence)The biggestproblemfacedbytheprocurement ofjusticeinMexicoisthatthestatehasnot beenableto riseasabelievable

    punishmentthreatforthosewhodeserveit.Fortenyears,theimpunityrateshaveremainedstable:onlyoneoutofevery100

    committedcrimesreceivesapunishment.

    24

    Source: CIDAC with data from INEGI. Estadsticas judiciales en material penal.

    15 |OCTOBER 2011

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    Convictions for every 100 reported federal crimes in

    matters of organized crime25

    Despitethe FederalGovernments openwar against organized

    crime, the Federal Public Prosecutor demonstrates the

    weaknesses of the justice system. In spite of the investedresources,andofthecapacitationofattorneysandpolicemen,

    only12outof100crimesrelatedwithorganizedcrimereceive

    punishment.

    Preliminary figures January-June 2010Source: CIDAC with data from Cuarto Informe de Gobierno, Procuradura General de la Repblica.

    Time to integrate a previous investigation

    The timeittakes to do acriminalinvestigationinthis

    countryreZlectsthenatureoftheprocedures.Inevery

    case, it deals with the fulZilling of requirements in

    order tocomplete a procedure. Andthat, precisely, is

    theaim:toZinishtheZileandnotpunishingtheguilty

    or catching a criminal. And, as it focuses more on

    administrative procedures rather than on criminal

    intelligence,morecasesrequiremoreemployers,more

    bureaucracyandmoretime.

    Preliminary figures January-June 20Source: CIDAC with data from Cuarto Informe de Gobierno, Procuradura General de la Repbli

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    Population of the penitentiary system27

    The prison system still remains a pending subject on the

    Mexicanagenda.Apartfromtheoverpopulationsubject that

    as for 2009 presenteda 30% rate the unlimiteduseof the

    preventiveprisonZigurereafZirmstheideathatinMexicothere

    isnopresumptionofinnocence.Almosthalfofthepenitentiary

    population is stillwaiting for a trialto conZirm or deny their

    culpability.

    Preliminary figures January-June 2010* Investigated and convicted inmates regarding available space . The annual variation is expressed in percentage points.Source: CIDAC with data from Cuarto Informe de Gobierno, Secretara de Seguridad Pblica, Subsecretara del Sistema Penitenciario Federal, rgano AdministrativoDesconcentrado de Prevencin y Readaptacin Social

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    Inmates subject to processing / total penitentiary population

    Days

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