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Veracruz state police man a standing roadblock on a highway leaving Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, in July. Despite President Enrique Pena Nieto's promises of a safer nation when he came to power five years ago, the violence is outpacing even the darkest days of the drug war launched by his predecessor. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's Roman Catholic Church said in an editorial that Mexicans can't feel safe anywhere, as homicides rise throughout the country.

The statement Sunday by the Mexican Council of Bishops came on the same day that the bodies of two men and a woman were left at the entrance to a once-quiet, exclusive beach resort.

"This is not a single corner of this country where Mexicans can feel safe and live in peace," The bishops' council wrote in an editorial.

Pemex’s network of pipelines is an easy target for gangs who puncture the ducts and siphon the fuel to sell. (Esdelval/iStock)
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Thieves are puncturing fuel pipelines in Mexico and siphoning profits from the national oil company.
Javier Valdez, a veteran reporter who specialized in covering drug trafficking and organized crime, was slain on May 15, 2017, the latest in a wave of journalist killings in one of the world's most dangerous countries for media workers. (Ríodoce via AP)
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I regularly report on violence against journalists in Mexico. But Javier’s death came as a personal blow to me.
Specialists in Jojutla, Mexico, unearth remains found in unmarked graves on March 21. (CNS photo/Tony Rivera, EPA) 
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David Agren - Catholic News Service
Many of the graves have been discovered by desperate family members acting on their own and without the assistance of the authorities.
Mexico's former Veracruz state Gov. Javier Duarte, center, is escorted by agents of the local Interpol office inside a police car as they arrive at Guatemala City, early Sunday, April 16, 2017. Duarte, who is accused of running a ring that allegedly pilfered from state coffers, has been detained in Guatemala after six months as a fugitive and a high-profile symbol of government corruption. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
Mexicans are no stranger to widespread corruption, which costs the country a staggering $100 billion per year, according to last year’s National Corruption Forum. Governors are especially likely to become involved with graft.
Miroslava Breach Velducea. Photo courtesy of Patricia Mayorga.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
Four attacks on reporters in such a short timespan have shocked Mexico, already a country press freedom organizations say is one the most dangerous in the Western Hemisphere for journalists.