Crimes against Mexican Politicians continue to surge, making this year's midterm elections of the country the most violent that has occurred in decades. According to U.S. News and World Report, the reports of an uptick in the crimes against the politicians are collected by Etellekt.

The country's midterm election is set on June this 2021, but the alarming rate of an uptick in the murders of Mexican politicians continues to put the country in more bloodbath and heightens the rate of the country's criminal offenders.

Midterm Election and Murder

Reuters reported that in recent months, more than a hundred murders are committed by criminal offenders against different Mexican politicians. Apart from the politicians that are targeted by assassins, candidates for the midterm election also took a blow and are a target for being killed even before assuming office. In total, 126 officials and candidates were murdered between September 2020, and the first week of March.

U.S. News and World Reports mentioned the director of the consultancy, Ruben Salazar, saying that the number of attacks against Mexican politicians is lower than the incidents during the 2018 elections; however, the number of politicians and candidates are still increasing. Salazar said. in March, one politician is being assassinated per day.

"If this rate continues, it could be the most violent elections since the Mexican Revolution," Salazar, referring to the 190-1917 armed conflict in the country.

Reuters noted that Mexican voters will be mounting 500 lawmakers, 15 governors, and more than 20,000 local officials on June 6. Reuter also mentioned Salazar saying that most of the politicians being murdered are members of the Institutional Revolutionary Party or PRI, which has power in Mexican politics during the 1930s and 2000s.

U.S. News and World Report added that crimes against politicians including kidnapping, robbery, violence, and threats, increased by 4% compared with the 2018 presidential elections.

Crimes on Mexican Politicians

Chicago Policy Review mentioned a study published by the Center of Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE) suggesting that homicide is a crime that has a higher rate among Mexican political candidates than the general population. The study adds that the deaths can be considered as collateral damage or effect of the violence that is committed against the politician and candidates.

Recently, a shooting incident occurred in the State of Jalisco, a location where politicians are also killed. A study entitled Murder and Politics in Mexico published in Springer suggests that Mexico's democratization process has entailed a little known, but high numbers of casualties or human lives that are evident in pre and post-election violence.

Chicago Policy Review furthered that scholars also found that criminal organizations tend to attack and threaten politicians who had no military protection.

U.S. News and World Report mentioned Rosa Rodriguez, head of the security Ministry, vows to formulate a protection plan that will safeguard the politicians and candidates against crimes that might be done against them as the midterm election nears. Rodriguez added that the plan will establish protocols depending on the level of political violence, crime incidence, and risks for the election process.

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