Overview
- Authorities logged 65 feminicides in September, up from 45 in August, according to the Oct. 25 SESNSP release.
- Through September, 2,120 women were killed nationwide, with 513 cases classified as feminicide and 1,607 as intentional homicide.
- The State of Mexico leads in feminicides with 42 cases, followed by Sinaloa with 39, Chihuahua with 35, and Mexico City with 30.
- Municipal hotspots include Culiacán with 22 cases after a month-to-month jump of 10, along with Juárez with 14 and Tijuana with 11.
- Guanajuato recorded the most intentional homicides of women with 266 and 276 total female victims this year, while Nuevo León reported 75 total deaths with only 9 classified as feminicide and 8 women killed in September.