Overview
- State briefings this week in Estado de México and Sonora said each cut the average daily murder rate by 55% from September 2024 through April 2026.
- Nationally, the government reports a roughly 40% drop in average daily intentional homicides over the same period, with April 2026 the lowest month in eleven years.
- Authorities attribute the gains to joint operations, stronger intelligence, and prevention programs such as Ferias de la Paz and Reconecta con la Paz.
- Federal updates highlight enforcement outputs that include dismantling more than 2,300 clandestine labs, seizing tons of drugs, detaining over 52,000 people, and securing more than 28,000 weapons.
- Eunice Rendón noted that killings remain concentrated in eight states, with Chihuahua just over 8% of cases, even as places like Guanajuato, Zacatecas, Sonora, and Quintana Roo show declines, including a drop of a little over 60% in Quintana Roo.