Overview
- SESNSP data show 20,674 intentional homicides in 2025 versus 26,715 in 2024, with the daily average falling from 86.9 in September 2024 to 52.4 in December 2025.
- Twenty-six states reduced their average daily homicide rates year over year, led by Zacatecas (−71.1%), Chiapas (~−58%) and Quintana Roo (~−56.8%), while seven states still concentrated 50.5% of cases.
- Federal authorities reported 40,735 detainees for high‑impact crimes, 318 tonnes of drugs seized including over 4 million fentanyl pills, more than 21,400 firearms confiscated and 1,887 clandestine labs dismantled between Oct. 1, 2024 and Dec. 31, 2025.
- Extortion rose 2.3% from 2024 to 2025, prompting a National Agreement to shift investigations to the federal prosecutor’s office (FGR).
- Recent operations included arrests tied to the killing of Uruapan’s mayor, the capture of Armando “N” (“Delta 1”) in Zapopan and detentions in Sinaloa of suspects linked to a synthetic‑drug network.