Homicides drop 15% as security strategy shows results: Tuesday’s mañanera recapped

Marcela Figueroa Franco, caput of the National Public Security System, presented the latest homicide information astatine President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Tuesday greeting property conference.

Homicides person trended down since Sheinbaum took bureau past October, an accomplishment that national authorities person attributed to the implementation of the government’s caller nationalist information strategy.

Homicides declined 15% annually successful archetypal fractional of 2025

Figueroa reported that determination was an mean of 70.5 homicides per time successful Mexico betwixt January and June, according to preliminary data.

The fig represents a alteration of 15% compared to the mean of 83 homicides per time that were recorded successful the archetypal six months of 2024.

Figueroa highlighted that the archetypal six months of 2025 constituted the slightest convulsive archetypal fractional of immoderate twelvemonth since 2016.

Compared to 2020 — erstwhile an mean of 96.5 homicides per time were recorded successful the archetypal six months — the diminution successful murders betwixt January and June was 26.9%.

Last period was slightest convulsive June since 2016 

Figueroa reported that preliminary information showed determination was an mean of 65.6 homicides per time past month, a alteration of 26.5% compared to the aforesaid period of past year.

She highlighted that the mean fig of regular murders past period represented a 34.5% diminution compared to June 2019, the astir convulsive June of the past 9 years.

Marcela Figueroa Franco, caput of Mexico’s National Public Security System, highlighted connected Tuesday that the archetypal six months of 2025 constituted the slightest convulsive archetypal fractional of immoderate twelvemonth since 2016. (Galo Cañas Rodríguez/Cuartoscuro)

Sinaloa recorded the highest fig of homicides successful June 

Figueroa reported that Sinaloa recorded the highest fig of homicides among Mexico’s 32 states successful June. The bluish authorities recorded 207 homicides past month, accounting for 10.5% of each murders crossed Mexico. Among the victims were 20 radical whose bodies were recovered connected a road successful Culiacán connected June 29. Rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel are engaged successful a bloody conflict successful the state.

Ranking 2nd to seventh for full homicides successful June were:

• Guanajuato: 171 murders (8.7% of the total)
• Baja California: 162 murders (8.2%)
• Chihuahua: 160 murders (8.1%)
• México state: 133 murders (6.8%)
• Michoacán: 119 murders (6%)
• Guerrero: 110 murders (5.6%)

Figueroa said that 54% of each homicides successful June were perpetrated successful the 7 states with the highest fig of murders. There were 1,968 homicides crossed Mexico past month, according to the preliminary information presented connected Tuesday morning.

Guanajuato recorded the astir homicides betwixt January and June 

Data presented by Figueroa showed that Guanajuato recorded the astir homicides among Mexico’s 32 states successful the archetypal six months of 2025. There were 1,606 murders successful the Bajío portion authorities betwixt January and June, accounting for 12.6% of each homicides crossed Mexico.

Guanajuato has been Mexico’s astir convulsive authorities successful presumption of full homicides successful caller years. Among the transgression groups that run successful the authorities are the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel, which are engaged successful a long-running turf war.

Ranking 2nd to seventh for full homicides betwixt January and June were:

• Baja California: 910 murders (7.1% of the total)
• Sinaloa: 893 murders (7%)
• Chihuahua: 887 murders (7%)
• México state: 861 murders (6.8%)
• Guerrero: 736 murders (5.8%)
• Michoacán: 718 murders (5.6%)

More than fractional of Mexico’s full homicides successful the archetypal fractional of 2025 — 51.8% — occurred successful the 7 states that recorded the highest fig of murders.  There were 12,752 homicides betwixt January and June, according to the information presented connected Tuesday morning.

Homicides declined successful 25 states successful the archetypal fractional of 2025

Figueroa reported that homicides declined successful 25 states successful the archetypal six months of 2025 compared to the aforesaid play of past year.

Zacatecas recorded the biggest decrease, with execution numbers falling 61.2%

The states that recorded the adjacent biggest declines successful homicides were:

• Chiapas: Murders down 58.2%.
• Quintana Roo: Murders down 51.3%
• Tamaulipas: Murders down 50.4%

The 7 states that recorded yearly increases successful homicides successful the archetypal fractional of the twelvemonth were Guanajuato, Sinaloa, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Nayarit, Tabasco and Tlaxcala.

By Mexico News Daily main unit writer Peter Davies ([email protected])