Mexico, Shawwal 17, 1437, Jul 22, 2016, SPA -- Mexican government figures released Thursday say homicides rose 15.4 percent in the first half of 2016 from the same period of last year. The 9,413 killings committed from January through June were also 6 percent higher than the number of homicides in the last six months of 2015, AP reported. --SPA 14:48 LOCAL TIME 11:48 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w