SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — The annual index put out by Mexico’s Citizens Council for Public Safety and Justice shows 20 Mexican cities are among the top-50 most dangerous metropolitan areas worldwide, including the cities of Acapulco and Tijuana.
The list was compiled in accordance with the number of homicides for every 100,000 residents, said José Antonio Ortega, the group’s president.
At the top of the list is Haiti’s Port-au-Prince, followed by five cities in Mexico: Colima, Manzanillo, Acapulco, Tijuana and Ciudad Obregón.
Rounding out the top ten are Machala, Ecuador: Celaya, Mexico; Zamora, Mexico; Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago.
Other Mexican cities making the top-50 most dangerous cities in the world list include Culiacán, Chilpancingo, Villahermosa, Tapachula, Cuernavaca, Ciudad Juárez, Uruapan, Irapuato, Chihuahua, Zacatecas, León and Morelia.
Over all the list includes:
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Colima, Mexico
- Acapulco, Mexico
- Manzanillo, Mexico
- Tijuana, Mexico
- Ciudad Obregón, Mexico
- Machala, Ecuador
- Celaya, Mexico
- Zamora, Mexico
- Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- Cuernavaca, Mexico
- Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
- Mandela Bay, South Africa
- Manabí, Ecuador
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Culiacán, Mexico
- Buffalo, South Africa
- Uruapan, Mexico
- Durban, South Africa
- Iraputa, Mexico
- Feira de Santana, Brazil
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Kingston, Jamaica
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Santa Maria, Colombia
- Chihuahua, Mexico
- Chilpancingo, Mexico
- Cali, Colombia
- Zacatecas, Mexico
- Recife, Brazil
- León, Mexico
- Palmira, Colombia
- Fortaleza, Brazil
- Salvador Bahia, Brazil
- Barranquilla, Colombia
- Tapachula, Mexico
- Benito Juárez, Mexico
- Cúcuta, Colombia
- Baltimore, United States
- Maceió, Brazil
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Cartagena, Colombia
- Porto Velho, Brazil
- New Orleans, United States
- Detroit, United States
- Manaus, Brazil
- Cleveland, United States
- Morelia, Mexico
- Caruaru, Brazil
Mexico closed out 2024 with 30,057 homicides, a 1.2 percent increase from the previous year.
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