Homicides were down 34% in January: Tuesday’s mañanera recapped

Security was a cardinal absorption of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Tuesday greeting property conference.

Security officials presented the latest information connected homicides and arrests, portion Sheinbaum spoke astir her government’s information strategy.

Homicides diminution successful archetypal period of 2026 

National Public Security System main Marcela Figueroa told reporters that the regular homicide complaint successful Mexico successful January was the lowest of immoderate period successful the past 17 months — i.e., since September 2024, the last period of Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s presidency.

She besides said that past period was the slightest convulsive January successful presumption of homicides since 2016.

The information Figueroa presented showed determination was an mean of 50.9 homicides per time past month, a diminution of 34% compared to January 2025.

On average, determination were 36 less homicides per time past period than successful September 2024, the information authoritative highlighted.

Figueroa besides said that since Sheinbaum took office, determination has been a “sustained downward trend” successful homicide numbers.

Last month, she presented preliminary information that showed that homicides declined conscionable implicit 30% past twelvemonth compared to 2024. However, determination is important skepticism astir the accuracy of the government’s homicide numbers.

Guanajuato remains Mexico’s astir murderous state 

Figueroa presented information that showed that implicit fractional of each homicides successful Mexico past period (50.6%) occurred successful conscionable 7 states.

Guanajuato — Mexico’s astir convulsive authorities successful caller years successful presumption of full murders — recorded 138 homicides successful January, a fig that accounted for 8.8% of the nationalist full of 1,577.

Ranking 2nd to seventh for full homicides past period were:

• Baja California: 133
• Chihuahua: 124
• México state: 108
• Sinaloa: 106
• Morelos: 98
• Guerrero: 91

Among the 32 national entities, Mexico City ranked 13th for full homicides with 64 successful January.

Yucatán and Zacatecas recorded the adjacent lowest homicide number successful January, with conscionable 3 murders successful each state.

Zacatecas recorded largest yearly diminution successful murders successful January 

Figueroa highlighted that homicides successful Zacatecas declined 88% past period compared to January 2025. In the aboriginal years of this decade, Zacatecas was plagued by violence.

National Public Security System main Marcela Figueroa emphasized the singular diminution successful homicides seen successful Zacatecas, which reported lone 3 homicides successful January. (Graciela López/Cuartoscuro)

However, homicides successful the bluish authorities declined 71.1% past year, according to information presented past month.

After Zacatecas, the states that recorded the largest yearly decreases successful homicides successful January were:

• San Luis Potosí: -83.9%
• Quintana Roo: -73.2%
• Tabasco: -68.8%
• Aguascalientes: -66.7%

Twenty-six of Mexico’s 32 national entities recorded less homicides past period than successful January 2025, according to the information presented by Figueroa.

Among the different states that recorded year-over-year declines were those that ranked 1-7 for full homicides past month.

Homicides declined 62.3% successful January successful Guanajuato; 28.9% successful Baja California; 19.5% successful Chihuahua; 30.3% successful México state; 27.9% successful Sinaloa; 9.3% successful Morelos; and 25.4% successful Guerrero.

More than 43,000 radical arrested for ‘high-impact crimes’ since Sheinbaum took office

Security Minister Omar García Harfuch told reporters that “since the beginning” of Sheinbaum’s administration, the national authorities has implemented a information strategy that “prioritizes attraction to the causes [of crime], the strategical usage of intelligence, transgression investigation, and coordinated territorial operations” involving assorted institutions including the army, the navy, the National Guard and the Security Ministry.

Consequently, “criminal structures” person been weakened, “priority targets” person been detained and the incidence of “high-impact crimes” specified arsenic execution and kidnapping has declined, García Harfuch said.

Between Oct. 1, 2024 and Jan. 31, 2026, helium said that 43,438 radical were arrested for allegedly committing high-impact crimes.

In the aforesaid period, García Harfuch said that authorities seized implicit 327 tonnes of drugs and 22,800 firearms, portion the service and navy dismantled much than 2,000 methamphetamine laboratories.

Is information successful Mexico improving oregon are the numbers being manipulated?

Sheinbaum highlights information strategy advances 

Asked what she attributed the simplification successful homicides and different crimes to, Sheinbaum pointed to advancement that has been made successful 3 “main areas” arsenic portion of the implementation of her government’s information strategy.

She said that the National Guard — an astir seven-year-old information unit — is present “consolidated,” quality and investigative practices person been strengthened and determination is “greater coordination” betwixt authorities authorities and “all the institutions of the authorities of Mexico.”

“Obviously, attraction to the causes [of crime] has besides been strengthened,” Sheinbaum added.

The existent national authorities has taken a much proactive attack to combating transgression than the 2018-24 medication led by López Obrador.

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ron Johnson reportedly said successful September that the Sheinbaum medication had made a “bold change” successful information strategy successful Mexico by ramping up operations against cause cartels. On societal media, helium has praised Mexican authorities for the high-profile arrests they person made, adjacent arsenic U.S. President Donald Trump calls connected Mexico to bash much to combat cartels and the drugs they traffic.

On Jan. 12, 4 days aft Trump said that the United States was going to commencement targeting Mexican cartels connected land, Sheinbaum touted her government’s information results during a telephone with the U.S. president.

She subsequently said that U.S. subject enactment successful Mexico could beryllium ruled out.