The most dangerous cities in the world are in Latin America.Violence there often stems from drug trafficking, arms trafficking and gang warfare, some of which are said to be far worse than in other cities.
Recent Statista data reveals the world’s most dangerous cities, with around 110 murders per 100,000 people.
In 2023, the Mexican city of Celaya topped the list of the world’s most dangerous cities with a murder rate of 109.4 per 100,000 residents. Please note that this list does not include countries with wars or conflicts.
In fact, the six cities with the highest murder rates in the world were all in Mexico, including Tijuana, Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Obregon, Irapuato, and Ensenada. Outside of Mexico, St. Louis in the United States, Feira de Santana in Brazil, and Cape Town in South Africa also made it into the top 10.
Most of the cities on the list are in Latin America, where violence stems from drug trafficking, arms trafficking and gang warfare. In 2020, more than 28,000 organized crime-related murders were registered in Mexico. St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States, had the second-highest murder rate in the world outside of Mexico. St. Louis is known for its high poverty rate and drug-related crime.
In December of last year, five medical school students were shot to death inside an abandoned vehicle in Celaya, Mexico, where drug cartel violence has been common in recent years.
The students, identified as brothers Jose Freire, Brian Amores, Jesús Orozco and Fabian Orozco, and their cousin Pedro Mateos were found dead by the National Guard on a rural road. There were signs of violence. Gunshot wound.
Mexico’s University of Latina confirmed in a statement that the victims had attended the school. Commenting on the horrific murder, the school said: “The Mexican University of Latina deeply regrets this incident and strongly condemns the violence perpetrated against everyone, especially children and young people.” .
Police received a report of a body left in a car next to the University of Guanajuato Celaya campus at 6:30 p.m. It is not yet known whether the students were killed at the scene or abandoned. In January 2021, nine people were killed when gunmen opened fire at a wake in Celaya, Guanajuato state, and images from the scene showed bodies strewn in the streets.
On May 23, 2022, 11 people were killed in a shooting at the Gala Hotel in Celaya and a nearby bar. Fifteen hooded gunmen from the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel burst in, killing two men and women and killing one more. 7 people.
In another incident, a drug cartel detonated a car bomb in Celaya in June, killing a National Guardsman. Other officers were reportedly responding to a call about a parked car with a dead body inside, when the car suddenly exploded as they approached the car, knocking the officer away. .
Authorities have accused the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel of having been in a bloody years-long turf war with the Jalisco New Generation cartel for control of Guanajuato.