Mexico City, Dec 24 (EFE).- Kidnappings in Mexico decreased by 24.3% during November 2025, while the number of victims fell by 5.2%, according to the latest National Kidnapping Report from the civil society group Alto al Secuestro. The document, released this Wednesday, detailed that in the eleventh month of the year, 103 kidnappings were registered, 33 cases less than the 136 in October. Regarding the number of victims, Alto al Secuestro indicated that 199 people were counted, while in October this figure reached 225. According to the report, Sinaloa had the highest monthly incidence with 12 kidnappings, followed by the State of Mexico (11), Chihuahua and Veracruz (10 each), Sonora (9), and Quintana Roo (6). In contrast, 10 Mexican states reported no kidnappings in November: Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Hidalgo, Querétaro, Tamaulipas, and Yucatán. By rate per 100,000 inhabitants, the report placed Sinaloa in first place, followed by Quintana Roo, Sonora, and Chihuahua, as well as other entities above the national average, including Nayarit, Tlaxcala, Tabasco, Veracruz, Baja California, Oaxaca, and Michoacán. The report also pointed out that in November, there were six migrant kidnappings with 33 victims, all in Chihuahua. Excluding cases linked to migrants, the monthly decrease would be greater: 97 kidnappings in November compared to 133 in October (-27.1%), and 166 victims compared to 204 (-18.6%). Alto al Secuestro also registered six mass kidnappings with 45 victims, which occurred in Chiapas, Mexico City, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, and Zacatecas. The civil society group warned of a discrepancy between its records and official authorities' data, as of the 199 victims counted in November, the prosecutors and Mexican authorities only reported 73. This would leave 63.3% of the victims out of the official count, who are also accounted for through the media. In the 103 kidnapping events, the report attributed 96 to the state level and seven to the federal level. In a broader perspective, the report estimated 2,305 accumulated kidnappings between October 2024 and November 2025, an average of 5.4 kidnappings per day and 37.9 weekly.
