Overview
- In the first year of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s term, federal authorities say the daily average of intentional homicides fell 37% from September 2024 to October 2025.
- The security update cites broader trends since 2018, including 34% fewer daily homicides, 59% fewer kidnappings and nearly 49% fewer robberies with violence, with 26 states reducing their homicide averages this year.
- Omar García Harfuch reported more than 37,000 detentions for high‑impact crimes, nearly 300 tonnes of drugs seized, over 4 million fentanyl pills, 18,981 firearms confiscated and 1,614 meth labs dismantled.
- To curb extortion from prisons, officials identified 12 facilities linked to 56% of reported lines and are deploying signal jammers, advanced CCTV and inspections that have blocked about a third of detected lines and seized illicit phones and modems.
- Mexico City reported a 13% year‑over‑year drop in high‑impact crimes, 7,262 arrests and 238 extortion detentions, even as INEGI finds 63% of residents feel unsafe and ENVIPE estimates 93.2% of crimes go unreported.