Overview
- Federal figures report 49 homicides on January 1 across 17 states, led by Chihuahua with nine cases and Sinaloa with eight.
- Sinaloa opened 2026 with multiple shootings and bodies found in Culiacán, Navolato and Mazatlán, and local media reported gunfire at a Culiacán nightclub early January 2.
- The Security Ministry says 2025 ended with 6,041 fewer homicides than 2024, with January the year’s deadliest month and November and December the lowest.
- State data show Sinaloa logged 1,654 homicides in 2025, while NGO Causa en Común counted at least 336 police officers killed nationwide through December 18, including 46 in Sinaloa.
- Several high‑profile 2025 killings remain under investigation, with arrests reported in the Uruapan Mayor case and the musicians’ murders, no cartel link established so far in the Valeria Márquez case, and authorities probing the Guadalajara–Zapopan attack on businessman Alberto Prieto as organized‑crime related by preliminary assessment.