THERE WERE MORE MURDERS IN NEW MEXICO IN 2015 THAN THE YEAR BEFORE. NEW NUMBERS FROM THE FBI SHOW AN ESTIMATED 117 MURDERS LAST YEAR…AND INCREASE OF ALMOST 16 PERCENT FROM 2014. AND OVERALL VIOLENT CRIME JUMPED BY ALMOST TEN PERCENT.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THAT ESPANOLA WAS ONE OF THE MOST VIOLENT COMMUNITIES…WITH A RATE OF MORE THAN 26 HUNDRED VIOLENT CRIMES PER 100-THOUSAND RESIDENTS. THAT’S NEARLY THREE TIMES ALBUQUERQUE’S VIOLENT CRIME RATE.
