Mexico records its deadliest day for the year in an official data shown on Monday. It reported 105 deaths from the murder of the previous day amid that stay-at-home order of the government to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

On Sunday, the toll exceeded the latest high of 104 individuals on April 4, says federal data.


Homicide and COVID-19

According to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, on Monday, the Mexican government is in the process of addressing the country's issue with COVID-19. However, the COVID-19 pandemic holds no effect on the country's homicide rate.

Based on the data collected by the prosecutors of each state offices and federal agencies, the State of Mexico with the highest total of intentional homicides are Chihuahua, Mexico City, Guanajuato, and Oaxaca.


Incidents of Violence Did not Affect Mexico amid COVID-19

In the middle of March, health protection measure was implemented by the country against COVID-19. However, the pandemic did not pose any changes to the rate of violence in the country.

In 2019, there were 34,608 murders in Mexico; it is the highest number reached by the country since 1997.

The toll in 2019 is the same with an average of more or less 95 intentional murders per day in Mexico, Mexico has been a country affected by a massive wave of inclining violence since the end of 2006. It was during the time that the battle against drug trafficking was militarized.

Since then, more or less 275,000 individuals had lost their lives, based on the official data that do not show how these cases would become connected to organized crime.


AMLO's Plan

AMLO took office in December 2018. He believes that the cases of violence in the country can be reduced when the insufficiency of opportunities, poverty, and social exclusion are fought. Also, he thought that reducing the use of force to fight against criminals can help lessen the cases of violence in the nation.

After getting through the COVID-19 crisis, the country will provide more options to criminals. This will allow them to rejoin the public and become good people, says AMLO.


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Battling the COVID-19 Crisis

According to a recent article, the government of Mexico had lacked a response to COVID-19. Due to the unclear and inconsistent messages about COVID-19 guidelines, the inaction of the government had resulted in rumors that are starting panic and insecurity among Mexicans, says an article.

Many nations are already implementing measures to fight against COVID-19, such as Italy, China, and the United States.

The government of Mexico's response to the COVID-19 crisis had a different start among other countries. The reason for this is that AMLO initially refused to follow social distancing measures. Some photos reveal him embracing and shaking hands with a lot of support. He even held rallies and supported mass gatherings before Mexico decided to take serious efforts to the increasing COVID-19 cases in the country.