Angélica Contreras, spokesperson for the organization Women Alive and Free, warns that impunity for crimes committed against women in Mexico is at 90%, and calls on authorities to ensure women's safety, especially in states with the highest incidence of femicide, such as the State of Mexico, Puebla, Morelos, and Tamaulipas, which account for 37% of the victims, according to figures from the National Executive Secretariat of Public Security.
So far in 2025, in addition to femicides, the main crimes against women are kidnapping and trafficking of minors, with reports of 100% of female victims in Mexico, according to statistics from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System. In the context of International Women's Day, feminist activists will march to demand an end to gender violence and femicides, which in 2024 claimed the lives of 797 women, averaging almost 2.2 cases daily.
According to the report "Violence Against Women" from the National Executive Secretariat of Security, eight states in the country are considered unsafe for women, with kidnapping and trafficking of minors being serious concerns. Jalisco, Puebla, Tamaulipas, Chiapas, Morelos, State of Mexico, Sonora, and San Luis Potosí show high rates of these crimes against women.
Angélica Contreras mentions that criminal groups use technology, such as social media, to lure women with fake job offers that end in kidnappings, disappearances, and sexual exploitation. In January 2025, 911 received more than one million calls, with 56.4% for security reasons, including 21,684 calls reporting incidents of gender violence.
The alarming figures of femicides and intentional homicides show a concerning increase over the years in Mexico. From 2015 to 2024, there have been 8,127 femicides and 25,624 intentional homicides of women, totaling 33,751 violent deaths of women in the country. Mexico City, State of Mexico, and Chihuahua concentrate a high percentage of emergency calls for gender violence.
