President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo reported that, after one year in office, intentional homicides in Mexico dropped by 32%, decreasing from 86.9 daily murders in September 2024 to 59.5 in September 2025. This reduction, she explained, represents 27 lives saved each day and marks September 2025 as the month with the fewest homicides since 2015.
During the morning press conference, “Las Mañaneras del Pueblo,” Sheinbaum emphasized that this decline is the result of the four pillars of the National Security Strategy: addressing root causes, strengthening the National Guard, consolidating the National Intelligence and Investigation System, and coordination with state governments. She also acknowledged that the downward trend began during former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s administration, after stabilization between 2019 and 2021.
Marcela Figueroa Franco, head of the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System, highlighted that this is the most significant reduction in nine years. Twenty-three states reported lower daily homicide averages, with Zacatecas down 88%, Chiapas 73%, and Jalisco 62%. Seven states continue to account for 51% of national homicides: Guanajuato, Chihuahua, Baja California, Sinaloa, State of Mexico, Guerrero, and Michoacán.
Meanwhile, Omar García Harfuch, Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, reported that between October 1 and September 30, authorities detained 34,690 individuals for high-impact crimes, seized 17,283 high-caliber firearms, 283.5 tons of drugs, and dismantled 1,564 clandestine laboratories across 22 states. In addition, over 3 million fentanyl pills were confiscated.
Regarding the National Anti-Extortion Strategy, 386 extortionists were arrested in 19 states, and 59,283 calls were received through the 089 hotline, of which 74% were thwarted before being carried out. Rosa Icela Rodríguez, Secretary of the Interior, added that under the Attention to Root Causes pillar, more than 5,000 Peacebuilding Days have been held, providing 3.8 million services to over 2.4 million people nationwide.
