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Mexico Reports 42 Homicides on Christmas Eve, Led by Chihuahua

The preliminary Dec. 1–24 tally reached 1,167, a slower pace than in December 2024 and 2023.

Overview

  • An SSPC daily report counted six victims in Chihuahua and five in Jalisco on Dec. 24, with Estado de México, Morelos and Sinaloa reporting four each.
  • Five states concentrated 23 of the 42 killings that day, representing 54.7 percent of the national total.
  • Fifteen states reported zero homicides on Dec. 24, including Campeche, Durango, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Veracruz and Zacatecas.
  • From Dec. 1 to 24, the month averaged 48.6 homicide victims per day, according to a preliminary federal report compiled by SSPC with SEDENA, SEMAR and the FGR.
  • Authorities continue to label Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Guanajuato as crisis zones, and Sinaloa deployed more than 12,000 security personnel across 20 municipalities for the holiday period.