33 million crimes per year! Despite crackdown on crime, Mexicans still doubt ability of law enforcement

A new survey from the national statistics institute (INEGI) revealed that despite claims from the Mexican government that their country is becoming safer, there were a record number of crime victims in that country last year.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - When he came to power in 2012, Mexico's president, Enrique Pena Nieto, vowed to end the drug violence that has killed 100,000 people since 2007. But while murder is down, kidnapping and extortion are much higher.

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The survey revealed something even more shocking. More than a third of all Mexican households had a member who was a victim of the 33 million crimes that took place in Mexico in 2013, and this has led to 60% of the country to believe that insecurity is the main problem facing them, behind unemployment and inflation.

"Nearly all of the crimes increased from one year to the next. The numbers speak for themselves," said Adrian Franco, the head of INEGI's public security statistics department.

A majority of these crimes went unreported or uninvestigated, and many said they did not report the crimes that affected them because they did not believe the authorities could do anything about it.

It is estimated that crime cost Mexico about $15.87 billion last year, roughly 1.25% of the country's GDP.

With these results, the survey also gave estimates on kidnapping; they estimated that 123,470 people were kidnapped in 2013, up from 94,438 in 2012.

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