Jurez city manager explains sharp decline in homicides

Jurez municipal officials confirmed August 2012 marked the fewest number of murders in Juarez in the past five years.

According to El Diario 34 people were murdered in August but the months-old remains of four people were also discovered. Juarez officials have not yet confirmed El Diario’s report of 34 people murdered in August.

Jurez city manager Hctor Arcels Prez said that the administration began to see tangible changes in crime reduction after implementing “police sectorization.”

Prez explained that “police sectorization” began with breaking the city into special “sectors” that police could cover more easily when split up into portions.

According to Prez, there’s another phase of “police sectorization” yet to come. Prez said the second phase will require the police to increase communication and ultimately form a trusting relationship with the people who live the community in order to sustain low crime rates.

2012 Murders in Juarez per month

May June July August El Diario 49 45 34 Cd.Jurez 60 50 39

Official murder toll per year, according to Cd.Jurez

2010 2,757 2011 1,676 2012, ytd. 545