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Mexico City Expands Territorios de Paz e Igualdad After 60% Crime Drop in San Andrés Mixquic

Monthly grants of 8,500 pesos for unemployed household heads usher in a new phase focused on expanding the model to 30 more marginalized neighborhoods.

Overview

  • Since its February rollout, high-impact crime in Mixquic has fallen 60% after police numbers rose from 10 to 39 and mobile security modules were deployed.
  • Officials have spent 200 million pesos on infrastructure upgrades including the installation of 2,127 streetlights, rebuilt sidewalks and over 120 public murals under the Yólotl Anáhuac cultural initiative.
  • Nearly 202,000 social and community actions—from health screenings and educational fairs to agricultural support—have targeted long-standing inequalities in the indigenous-rooted community.
  • A local employment agency in Mixquic will administer monthly 8,500-peso grants to unemployed heads of household over age 30 as part of the program’s next phase.
  • City leaders have committed to replicating the integrated security, social and cultural model in at least 30 additional high-priority neighborhoods across Tlalpan, Cuauhtémoc, Iztacalco and beyond.