Overview

• Official SESNSP data show 24,562 people killed from October 2024 to August 2025, a 13% drop versus the prior eleven months that closed the López Obrador term.
• In August 2025 the daily average of intentional homicides fell to 59.2, down 32% from a 2024 peak, and officials reported 37 killings on September 25, the lowest daily tally since 2018.
• Twenty‑five of 32 states recorded fewer killings, led by sharp decreases in Zacatecas, Quintana Roo and Nuevo León, while Sinaloa’s deaths jumped about 198% amid cartel conflict.
• The government credits coordinated operations and new security and intelligence laws, reporting 32,400 arrests, 16,000 firearms seized, 245 tons of drugs including 3.6 million fentanyl pills, and 1,400 clandestine labs dismantled.
• Extortion remains the key exception, up 21.3% when comparing January–August 2019 with the same months in 2025, as U.S. congressional analysts keep close watch on reforms and cooperation during tariff and migration tensions.