Mexico
Security Cabinet Reports 46% Drop in Daily Homicides Since 2024
Authorities highlight sweeping reductions in high-impact crimes and thousands of arrests under the National Security Strategy, though officials note "there is still much to do.”
The Security Cabinet presented the bi-weekly report in the progress in the National Security Strategy at the daily press conference of President Claudia Sheinbaum.
Omar García Harfuch, Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, highlighted that over the past month more than 56,000 suspects were detained for high-impact crimes, 29,000 firearms were seized, nearly 420 tons of drugs confiscated and 2,404 narco-labs were destroyed. Additionally 1,468 extortionists have been detained in 24 states as part of the National Strategy against Extortion.
Despite the progress and results of the strategy, García Harfuch noted that “there is still much to do and that security is not a finished task and admits no complacency.”
Meanwhile, Marcela Figueroa Franco, head of the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security, highlighted a 46 percent decrease in the daily average of intentional homicides between September 2024 to May 2026. At the beginning of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration the average stood at 86.9% homicides, closing in May 2026 with an average of 47.3% homicides per-day, making it the lowest month of analyzed period.
Figueroa Franco highlighted that eight states account for 54% of intentional homicides in the country, being Guanajuato, Baja California, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Morelos, Estado de México, Guerrero and Veracruz. She noted that the actions implemented under the strategy have driven down homicides across nearly the entire country, including within these high-incidence states.
Furthermore, high-impact crimes dropped by 31 percent during the current administration. The daily average of these crimes decreased from 636.6 in October 2024 to 437.7 in May 2026, marking the lowest monthly average recorded in the entire period analyzed.
Notable declines were also recorded across several violent crime categories. Kidnappings saw the sharpest drop at 32.1 percent, followed by a 25.7 percent decrease in violent cargo truck robberies and a 23.4 percent reduction in violent vehicle thefts. Femicides went down by 9.1 percent, while firearm-related intentional injuries and extortions fell by 7.9 percent and 5.2 percent, respectively.
Overall violent robberies dropped by 16.5 percent, which included decreases in business robberies (13.8%), pedestrian robberies (9.3%), and burglaries (2.7%).
Photo: Gobierno de México
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