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Mexico Reports 32% Drop in Homicides as August Marks Lowest Level Since 2015

Officials credit coordinated federal–state operations under the National Security Strategy for the decline.

Omar García Harfuch en la mañanera
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Burning vehicles are seen crossed in the street during an operation to arrest the son of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Ovidio Guzman, in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico, on January 5, 2023. - Intense shootings and burning of vehicles were reported Thursday in the Mexican city of Culiacan (northwest) after an operation in which Ovidio Guzman, son of imprisoned drug trafficker Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzman, was arrested, Mexican authorities said. (Photo by Marcos Vizcarra / AFP)
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Overview

  • August averaged 59.2 intentional homicides per day, down from 86.9 in September 2024, reaching the lowest monthly level since 2015.
  • From October 1, 2024 to September 8, 2025, authorities report 32,400 detentions, 16,048 firearms seized, 245 tonnes of drugs secured, and 1,408 laboratories dismantled, with 1,669 arrests and 5.6 tonnes of drugs seized in the last two weeks alone.
  • Seven states account for about 51% of homicides—Guanajuato, Chihuahua, Baja California, Sinaloa, Estado de México, Guerrero and Michoacán—underscoring the geographic concentration of violence.
  • Twenty-eight states reduced their daily homicide averages, with six recording drops of more than 50%: Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, Quintana Roo, Nuevo León, Querétaro and Tlaxcala.
  • Extortion rose 21.3% from January to August 2025, standing out as the only major high‑impact crime that increased in the period.