Overview

• Surveys place Claudia Sheinbaum’s approval above 70% at the one-year mark of her presidency.
• Government data report roughly a 25% drop in homicides during her first 11 months, yet killings still average about 65 per day.
• INEGI’s ENSU finds more than 63% of Mexicans consider insecurity the country’s principal problem.
• Sheinbaum’s campaign pledge to halve homicides remains distant, and an analyst cited in the reports questions the reliability of official crime metrics.
• Coverage describes U.S. demands for more seizures, extraditions and border enforcement, alongside a reshaped criminal map marked by a Sinaloa split, new Chapitos–CJNG alignments, and risks of attacks on civilians and cartel influence in elections.