Overview

• Official data show homicides fell by 24.5 percent between October 2024 and June 2025, with the daily average dropping from 86.9 to 65.6 cases.
• The first half of 2025 registered the lowest six-month homicide average since 2016 at 70.5 killings per day.
• Since October 2024, federal authorities have detained 25,255 suspects for high-impact crimes, including 1,137 in the past two weeks.
• Authorities have seized 13,275 firearms and 188 tons of drugs since October 2024 and in the last two weeks confiscated 865 weapons, 17 tons of narcotics and dismantled 20 labs.
• Rights group Redim reports 3,426 minors were killed between January 2024 and May 2025, including 958 in the first five months of 2025.