Mexico: Homicides and High-Impact Crimes Continue to Drop

The Security Cabinet presented the monthly report on the progress of the National Security Strategy corresponding to the month of June at the daily press conference of President Claudia Sheinbaum.

Marcela Figueroa Franco, head of the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security, highlighted a 48% decrease in the daily average of intentional homicides between September 2024, when there was an average of 86.9 homicides registered daily, and June 2026, which averaged 45.4 homicides daily, making it the lowest month of this entire period with 41 fewer homicides daily. 

In addition Figueroa Franco highlighted that the National Security Strategy is yielding results in the reduction of high-impact crimes. Among these, femicide stands out, which decreased by 10.7%; intentional injuries fell by 9.1%; kidnapping saw a 26.6% reduction; and extortion dropped by 6.1%. 

The head of the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security also noted that in the first half of 2026, eight states accounted for 54% of the intentional homicides in the country: Guanajuato, Baja California, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Estado de México, Guerrero, Morelos, and Veracruz. She also highlighted that with the actions implemented under the strategy have driven down homicides across nearly the entire country; 29 states showed a decrease when comparing the first semester of 2025 to the first semester of 2026. Specifically, the states of San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas, Quintana Roo, Nayarit, Guanajuato, and Nuevo León have experienced a significant decrease.

Meanwhile, Omar García Harfuch, Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, highlighted that between October 2024 to June 2026, 59,585  individuals were detained, 31,366 firearms were seized, 498.98 tons of drugs were seized, and 2,627 clandestine narco-labs were dismantled, and 1,674 individuals were apprehended for extortion. 

García Harfuch noted that another key component of the strategy is preventing organized crime from using Mexico’s maritime routes, ports, and coastlines for drug trafficking. He mentioned that six operations carried out by the Mexican Navy in Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, and Michoacán resulted in the seizure of more than 5 tons of cocaine, the detention of 24 individuals, and the confiscation of vessels, engines, radio beacons and satellites communication equipment. He added that under the current administration, the Mexican Navy has seized nearly 77 tons of cocaine in maritime operations. 

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