CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — Mexico’s federal government has suspended aid for a police-training program in the violence-wracked border city of Ciudad Juárez, saying authorities there haven’t followed reporting rules and have trained few police.
The news came as Mexican statisticians reported that the number of homicides in Mexico rose by nearly a quarter in 2010. The National Institute of Statistics and Geography recorded 24,374 homicides over the course of last year, a 23 percent increase from 19,803 in 2009. Last year’s figure represented 22 killings for every 100,000 residents in the country.
According to the statistics institute, the U.S.-bordering state of Chihuahua — which includes Ciudad Juárez — saw the highest number of homicides, with 4,747. Sinaloa, in northwestern Mexico, registered 2,505.
