Overview
- State authorities reported a net fall in crimes compared with last year and described the current incidence as the lowest in recent years based on their internal counts.
- The Puebla security secretary said 12 high-impact crimes fell in the first part of 2026, highlighting reported drops in feminicide (about 71.4 percent) and kidnapping (about 54.5 percent).
- Officials credited a sharp decline in cargo theft on the México–Puebla highway to 30 Puntos de Monitoreo Inteligente with 116 cameras tied to the C5 and joint patrols operating under the "Cero Robos" plan, which the government says cut highway cargo-theft complaints by roughly 73.8 percent on that stretch.
- State figures show intensified anti-hydrocarbons operations, with authorities saying they located and disabled 303 clandestine taps through June 15, recovered more than 2.7 million liters since December 2024 and detained people and seized containers and vehicles linked to theft.
- The state prosecutor carried out forensic diligences on the Vía Atlixcáyotl case, documenting seven investigation files and ten related facts and urging victims to file formal complaints as investigators continue technical analyses; all statistics and causal claims presented were given by officials and not independently verified.