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Mexico rejects Trump claim it world's most dangerous country
Source: Reuters
#WORLD NEWS JANUARY 18, 2018 / 11:06 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
Mexico rejects Trump claim it world's most dangerous country
Julia Love
3 MIN READ
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico on Thursday dismissed a claim by U.S. President Donald Trump that it was the most dangerous country in the world and reiterated it would not fund the construction of a wall along the U.S. southern border.
In a series of Twitter posts touching on NAFTA trade negotiations and security, Trump described Mexico as “the number one most dangerous country in the world,” an assertion that was quickly rebuffed by Mexico’s foreign ministry.
“Even though Mexico has a significant problem with violence, it is plainly false that Mexico is the most dangerous country in the world,” the ministry said in a statement.
In the year through November, a total of 23,101 murder investigations were opened in Mexico, giving the highest annual figure since records began in 1997.
That was a murder rate of 18.7 per 100,000 inhabitants, well below levels in Latin American countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Honduras and El Salvador, according to U.N. figures used in the World Bank’s online database for 2015, the last year for which results are available.
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Mexico rejects Trump claim it world's most dangerous country
Julia Love
3 MIN READ
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico on Thursday dismissed a claim by U.S. President Donald Trump that it was the most dangerous country in the world and reiterated it would not fund the construction of a wall along the U.S. southern border.
In a series of Twitter posts touching on NAFTA trade negotiations and security, Trump described Mexico as “the number one most dangerous country in the world,” an assertion that was quickly rebuffed by Mexico’s foreign ministry.
“Even though Mexico has a significant problem with violence, it is plainly false that Mexico is the most dangerous country in the world,” the ministry said in a statement.
In the year through November, a total of 23,101 murder investigations were opened in Mexico, giving the highest annual figure since records began in 1997.
That was a murder rate of 18.7 per 100,000 inhabitants, well below levels in Latin American countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Honduras and El Salvador, according to U.N. figures used in the World Bank’s online database for 2015, the last year for which results are available.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico/mexico-rejects-trump-claim-it-worlds-most-dangerous-country-idUSKBN1F728D
