The security strategy has shown significant advances with a 12% decrease in intentional homicides in the country over the last four months, according to President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo during her morning conference in the Treasury Room of the National Palace. She highlighted that January 2025 recorded the lowest average daily homicides since 2018, emphasizing that these results are due to the inter-institutional coordination of the security cabinet.
"It's progressing, it's progressing very well. And we will continue working every day to deliver more results," asserted the president. The Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System reported a 12% reduction in the monthly average of intentional homicide victims, decreasing from 86.9 victims in September 2024 to 76.5 in January 2025. Furthermore, January 2025 presented the lowest average of intentional homicide victims since 2018 with a 17.4% decrease compared to January 2019.
According to the biweekly report, seven states account for more than half of the intentional homicides, with Guanajuato being the first with 15.2% of total homicides in January, followed by Baja California, State of Mexico, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Michoacán, and Jalisco. In another note, it was reported that from October 1, 2024, to February 9, 2025, significant arrests and seizures were made.
11,600 people were arrested for high-impact crimes, 5,692 firearms were seized, and over 102 tons of drugs were confiscated, including fentanyl. Additionally, 192 clandestine laboratories for the production of methamphetamines were dismantled, and chemicals and equipment with an economic impact of over 63,249 million pesos on criminal organizations were seized.
The president expressed her gratitude to the security cabinet for the results obtained, highlighting the collaboration of Secretary General Ricardo Trevilla Trejo, Secretary Admiral Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles, Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch, Interior Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez, Legal Advisor Ernestina Godoy, and coordination with the Attorney General's Office led by Alejandro Gertz Manero.
