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Michoacán Tops México Evalúa’s 2024 Impunity Ranking With 67.68%

The think tank links the score to faster case progression driven by widespread nontrial settlements, with a caution about atypical results.

Overview

  • The governor, who led a Tuesday ceremony honoring prosecutors, investigators, and forensic staff, highlighted México Evalúa naming Michoacán the top state for lower impunity.
  • The study reports a 67.68% impunity rate in the state, far below the roughly 89% national average, which the governor said means about one in three reported crimes is pursued and resolved.
  • México Evalúa credits stronger movement from investigation to judicialization, fewer temporary case closures, and broad use of alternative legal resolutions that close cases without a full trial.
  • The organization flagged outliers in Michoacán’s data tied to heavy reliance on these mechanisms, noting that about 23.36% of cases are settled this way in prosecutors’ offices and courts.
  • State leaders framed the result as proof of coordination and improving security, with the governor claiming the “best Fiscalía” and citing a drop from 274 monthly homicides in 2021 to 60 in March as the office honored 30 staff and mourned a slain forensic expert.