México state security strategy has slashed homicides in half: Wednesday’s mañanera recapped

Sheinbaum’s mañanera in 60 seconds 

• 📍Mañanera held successful Toluca: President Sheinbaum took her Wednesday property league to Toluca, superior of México state, Mexico’s astir populous authorities with astir 17 cardinal residents.
• 📉 Homicides down sharply successful México state: National Public Security System main Marcela Figueroa reported an mean of 2.8 homicides per time successful the authorities successful June, a 58% driblet compared to September 2024. She said a “unified command” strategy launched successful 15 high-crime municipalities past twelvemonth contributed to the decline.
• 📅 Lowest homicide complaint successful 19 years: Figueroa said México authorities saw an mean of 2.9 homicides per time successful the archetypal fractional of 2026, down 31% from 2025’s regular mean and 68% beneath the 2013 rate.
• 👮 Over 3,300 arrests since Sheinbaum took office: Security Minister García Harfuch said 3,367 radical person been detained for high-impact crimes successful México authorities since October 2024, alongside seizures of 1,219 kg of drugs and 819 firearms.
• 🎯 No timeline connected Iván Archivaldo Guzmán capture: Asked however adjacent authorities are to detaining the Chapitos faction leader, García Harfuch declined to speculate, alternatively pointing to the caller sidesplitting of an alleged Culiacán plaza brag arsenic a motion of advancement against the faction.
• ⛓️ El Mayo’s situation transportation uncertain: Asked whether Ismael Zambada could service his beingness condemnation successful a Mexican prison, García Harfuch said that would beryllium connected whether Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office pursues extradition, though a transportation appears unlikely.

Why today’s mañanera matters 

President Claudia Sheinbaum held her Wednesday greeting property league successful Toluca, superior of México state.

Located successful cardinal Mexico, the state, commonly abbreviated arsenic Edomex, is Mexico’s astir populated with conscionable nether 17 cardinal residents erstwhile the past census was conducted successful 2020.

A bully fig of the state’s 125 municipalities are located successful the greater metropolitan country of Mexico City. They see 2 municipalities that are among the 10 astir populated successful the country: Ecatepec (1.64 cardinal residents successful 2020) and Nezahualcóyotl (1.07 million).

México authorities is besides location to fashionable tourism destinations including the Teotihuacán archeological tract and the magical towns of Valle de Bravo and Malinalco.

Security successful the authorities — Mexico’s 5th astir convulsive successful the archetypal fractional of the twelvemonth successful presumption of full homicides — was a cardinal absorption astatine today’s mañanera, with officials presenting the latest information connected homicides and arrests.

Like the immense bulk of Mexico’s 32 national entities, México authorities has seen a important simplification successful its homicide complaint this year. Thus, national and authorities officials, including Governor Delfina Gómez, who attended today’s mañanera, person statistic to backmost up their statement that their information initiatives are working.

There were an mean of 2.8 homicides per time successful the authorities successful June, a 58% driblet compared to September 2024. (Saúl López/Presidencia)

Beyond the presumption of the latest information statistics, Sheinbaum’s Wednesday greeting property league was important arsenic Security Minister Omar García Harfuch responded to questions astir Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar, a Sinaloa Cartel person and lad of convicted cause lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, and astir Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a Sinaloa Cartel kingpin who connected Monday was sentenced to beingness successful situation successful the United States.

Homicides diminution importantly successful México state   

National Public Security System main Marcela Figueroa told reporters that the information strategy successful México authorities has prioritized “intelligence, coordination and the territorial presence” of information forces.

She noted that a circumstantial “unified command” strategy was implemented successful 15 high-crime municipalities successful eastbound México authorities successful March 2025, contributing to a simplification successful homicides successful the authorities that borders Mexico City to the north, eastbound and west.

Figueroa presented information that showed that determination was an mean of 2.8 homicides per time successful México authorities successful June, a simplification of 58% compared to the regular mean successful September 2024, the last period of the presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

She besides reported that the homicide complaint successful México authorities successful the archetypal six months of 2026 was the lowest successful the past 19 years. There was an mean of 2.9 homicides per time betwixt January and June, a simplification of 31% compared to the regular mean crossed 2025.

Compared to 2013, erstwhile determination was an mean of 9.1 homicides per day, the simplification successful the archetypal six months of this twelvemonth was 68.1%.

Figueroa noted determination was an mean of 116.1 reported high-impact crimes per time betwixt January and June, a simplification of 19% compared to 2025. Among the offenses classified arsenic high-impact crimes are murder, kidnapping, extortion and convulsive robbery.

More than 3,300 arrests successful México authorities since Sheinbaum took office 

At the commencement of his presentation, García Harfuch said that “México authorities is an illustration of however the coordination betwixt the 3 levels of authorities yields results.”

The information curate besides said that since the existent authorities took bureau successful October 2024, it has worked intimately with the México authorities Attorney General’s Office and Security Ministry “to make investigations, transportation retired associated operations and detain those who make unit successful the entity.”

“This coordinated work,” García Harfuch said, has resulted successful the apprehension of 3,300 radical who allegedly committed high-impact crimes.

Data helium presented showed that the nonstop fig of radical arrested betwixt Oct. 1, 2024, and June 30, 2026, was 3,367.

In addition, authorities seized 1,219 kilograms of drugs and 819 firearms successful the aforesaid period.

“These results bespeak a strategy based connected quality and investigation, but supra each operational coordination that has allowed america to disrupt transgression structures, supply faster assistance [when crimes are committed], … detain precedence targets and fortify the information of Mexican families,” García Harfuch said.

Are authorities closing successful connected Iván Archivaldo Guzmán?

A newsman for the paper Milenio noted that Milenio precocious published a study stating that Iván Archivaldo Guzmán, person of the Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel, is successful a “situation of tactical vulnerability and utmost isolation.”

“How adjacent is the information furniture to detaining Iván Archivaldo?” the newsman asked García Harfuch.

Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar, different of El Chapo’s sons, is simply a apical people of information operations successful Sinaloa. (DEA)

“In bid not to speculate and accidental however adjacent oregon however acold [we are from detaining Guzmán], I similar to speech astir the advancement the information furniture has made [in Sinaloa],” the information curate said.

García Harfuch noted that an idiosyncratic nicknamed “El Texas” — an alleged plaza main successful Culiacán for the Chapitos — was precocious killed successful a clash with the service successful the Sinaloa capital.

The slain man, identified successful media reports arsenic Cristhian Guadalupe Pérez Pérez, was 1 of the “main generators of unit successful Culiacán and this full area,” the information curate said, referring to Sinaloa.

“He was a cardinal idiosyncratic for this organization, for this transgression leader,” helium said, referring to Iván Archivaldo and the Chapitos.

García Harfuch said that national information forces transportation retired operations successful Sinaloa each week “to proceed weakening” the Chapitos and “the different faction of the Sinaloa Cartel.”

He was referring to the Mayos faction, which is engaged successful a long-running and highly bloody feud with the Chapitos that intensified aft Joaquín Guzmán López, different lad of El Chapo, kidnapped El Mayo successful July 2024 and forced him onto a backstage level that flew him to New Mexico wherever he, and Guzmán López, were detained by U.S. authorities.

Could El Mayo beryllium transferred to a Mexican prison? 

The aforesaid Milenio newsman highlighted that Zambada’s lawyer, Frank Pérez, said successful an interrogation that his lawsuit wants to service his situation condemnation successful Mexico. He asked García Harfuch whether a transportation to a Mexican situation was possible.

The information curate said that the Federal Attorney General’s Office would person to find whether oregon not it would question the extradition of Zambada, who was besides wanted successful Mexico erstwhile helium was arrested successful the U.S. 2 years ago.

A transportation of the 76-year-old cause trafficker to a situation successful Mexico appears highly unlikely.

Joseph Nocella Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said Monday that Zambada would “spend the remainder of his beingness successful a U.S. prison, precisely wherever helium belongs.”

El Chapo, who founded the Sinaloa Cartel with El Mayo and others, escaped doubly from situation successful Mexico, erstwhile successful a laundry cart successful 2001 and again successful 2015 via a passageway that connected to his cell. He is present serving a beingness condemnation successful the Florence Supermax situation successful Colorado.