Mexico: emergency calls reporting domestic violence by month 2019-2020
In April 2020, domestic violence reports to the women's helpline, Línea de la Mujer, in Mexico City amounted to 1,724 emergency calls, a 97 percent increase in comparison to the number of calls made the same month in 2019.
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the government of Mexico imposed a partial lockdown in efforts to halt the spread of the virus. The month of March 2020 was the highest in terms of reporting domestic violence with a total of 1,901 emergency calls, an over 106 percent increase in comparison to March 2019. March 2020 was also a particularly violent month when it comes to the average number of murders in Mexico.
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the government of Mexico imposed a partial lockdown in efforts to halt the spread of the virus. The month of March 2020 was the highest in terms of reporting domestic violence with a total of 1,901 emergency calls, an over 106 percent increase in comparison to March 2019. March 2020 was also a particularly violent month when it comes to the average number of murders in Mexico.
