The World Cup looms for Mexico – but is cartel violence under control? | The Independent

Source: The Independent | 6 June 2026

[...] Around 276 organised crime violence events were recorded by conflict analysts ACLED, the most since 2019. That is a 53 per cent increase on 2024.

[...]Tiziano Breda, a senior analyst for Latin America at ACLED, says: “Many sectors, including teachers and civil society groups, are likely to use the attention brought by the World Cup to shed light on their grievances, spanning from salary increases to requests for a government response to crime and forced disappearances.

“So public order could be an issue, and indeed we've recorded an increase in protests in both Monterrey and Mexico City this year.”[...]

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