Police officers in Mexico.Albuquerque Journal via ZUMA / d / DPAThere have been 76.5 daily victims of intentional homicide between November 1 and 4Chichuahua has had, in a single day, 15 deathsThe Mexican Foreign Minister assures that his The country is suffering from a “weapons pandemic” At least 306 people have been murdered in Mexico in the last week, coinciding with the Day of the Dead, according to the report prepared by the country’s Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, which puts the figure at 76.5 daily victims of intentional homicide between November 1 and 4. According to the report, Baja California, Chihuahua, Guanajuato, State of Mexico, Michoacán and Mexico City appear as the most violent states during the first days of this month. Chichuahua, in the northeast of the country, has registered the record for murders in a single day reaching 15 this Thursday, while Baja California, which borders the United States, has added up to 40 homicides in this period of e time. Precisely this Thursday, the Mexican Foreign Minister, Marcelo Ebrard, affirmed that his country is suffering from a “weapons pandemic” and described as “essential” the control of traffic coming from other states to Mexico. During his speech at a conference on the business of arms trafficking to Mexico, Ebrard has shown a map of the country detailing the main municipalities in which weapons have been seized since 2020 and in which those that border with the United States stand out, where there are a higher incidence. According to government data, Mexico is the fifth country with the most unregistered firearms in the world. In addition, the conversations on the issues of violence with weapons, arms trafficking and the responsibility of arms companies are “still incipient” in the public service, education and the media.