Editing Tijuana (section)

===Crime===

Tijuana is the birthplace and base of the [[Tijuana Cartel]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Tijuana Cartel|url=https://sites.google.com/site/violenceacrosstheborder/announcements/tijuana-cartel|access-date=25 September 2011|newspaper=Violence across the border}}</ref> From 2007 through 2010, Tijuana experienced a high level of violent [[Crime in Mexico|crime]] related to gang violence, in part derived from the [[Mexican drug war]] and [[human trafficking]]. Homicides peaked in 2010, when 844 people were killed,<ref name="reuters.com">{{cite news |title=Tijuana violence slows as one cartel takes control |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-drugs-tijuana-idUSTRE7844EX20110905 |date=5 September 2011 |first=Lizbeth |last=Diaz |publisher=Thomson Reuters |access-date=2 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924155012/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/05/us-mexico-drugs-tijuana-idUSTRE7844EX20110905 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> compared with 355 in 2004<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/tijuana/20050524-9999-1n24tjmurder.html |title=Days are grueling and grisly for Tijuana's homicide cop |newspaper=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=24 May 2005 |first=Anna |last=Cearley |access-date=28 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702062105/http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/tijuana/20050524-9999-1n24tjmurder.html |archive-date=2 July 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> and 349 in the first eight months of 2011.<ref name="reuters.com"/> Reportedly, the wave of violence resulted from a [[wikt:turf war|turf war]] as the administration of President [[Felipe Calderón]] weakened the local [[Ramón Arellano Félix|Arellano Félix]] cartel; violence slowed when the larger [[Sinaloa cartel]] took control.<ref name="reuters.com"/>

During the peak years of violent crime in the city, gun battles between rival cartels, and between cartels and the police, erupted in public. In April 2008, police found 1,500 shell casings on various streets after one battle left 13 suspected drug traffickers dead.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/26/tijuana.shootout.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch |title=13 dead in Tijuana shootouts |publisher=CNN |access-date=27 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527140953/http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/26/tijuana.shootout.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch |archive-date=27 May 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2009 and depending on the source, Tijuana Municipality experienced either 556 or 1,118 murders, mostly as a result of the [[Mexican drug war|drug war]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.transparenciabc.gob.mx/wps/wcm/resources/file/ebcf1c4875af1a6/inci_dic%2009_Tijuana.pdf |title=Denuncias Registradas Ante Agencias del Ministerio Publico del Fuero Comun |access-date=20 February 2011 |publisher=Portal de Transparencia del Gobierno del Estado de Baja California |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722225533/http://www.transparenciabc.gob.mx/wps/wcm/resources/file/ebcf1c4875af1a6/inci_dic%2009_Tijuana.pdf |archive-date=22 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.inegi.org.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/proyectos/continuas/vitales/bd/mortalidad/MortalidadGeneral.asp?s=est&c=11144 |title=Estadísticas de Mortalidad |access-date=14 September 2011 |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028162638/http://www.inegi.org.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/proyectos/continuas/vitales/bd/mortalidad/MortalidadGeneral.asp?s=est&c=11144 |archive-date=28 October 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

There were 492 murders in 2013, a 48% increase in the homicide rate between 2012 and 2013. This was the highest number of murders since 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.osac.gov/Content/Browse/Report|title=Reports|website=Osac.gov}}</ref> By the end of 2017, the number of murders in Tijuana increased to 1,744, which was almost double those in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dibble |first=Sandra |date=14 January 2018 |title=Control for street drug trade pushes Tijuana to grisly new record: 1,744 homicides |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/border-baja-california/sd-me-homicides-tijuana-20180102-story.html |work=San Diego Union-Tribune |location=United States |access-date=6 April 2018}}<br />{{cite news |agency=Los Angeles Times |date=14 January 2018 |title=Violence in Tijuana Continues After Unprecedented Number of Homicides Recorded in 2017 |url=http://ktla.com/2018/01/14/violence-in-tijuana-continues-after-unprecedented-number-of-homicides-recorded-in-2017/ |work=KTLA |location=Los Angeles, United States}}</ref>

In 2018, [[OECD]] data recorded 2,253 homicides in Tijuana, equivalent to 129.8 per 100,000 inhabitants.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metropolitan areas: Crime |url=https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?QueryId=97151# |access-date=1 September 2022 |website=[[OECD]]}}</ref>

In May 2022, [[Statista]] data reported Tijuana as having the second highest homicide rate in the world at 138 per 100,000 inhabitants.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=May 2022 |title=World's most dangerous cities, by murder rate 2022 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/243797/ranking-of-the-most-dangerous-cities-in-the-world-by-murder-rate-per-capita/ |access-date=1 September 2022 |website=Statista}}</ref>