Mexico reports 50 percent drop in daily homicides since 2024
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President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo announced that Mexico saw a 50 percent reduction in the average daily number of intentional homicides between September 2024 and October 2026.
The daily average of these crimes fell from 86.9 to 43.4 cases during that period. Marcela Figueroa Franco of the Secretariado Ejecutivo del Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Pública reported that seven regions accounted for 52.5 percent of the country's homicides this year.
Other areas saw sharp declines, including San Luis Potosí, which saw a 77 percent decrease, and Nayarit, which recorded a 71.8 percent drop. Other high impact crimes also decreased by 36 percent compared to October 2024. Public opinion reflects these changes according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. The National Urban Public Security Survey found that the perception of insecurity reached 58.1 percent in the third quarter.
This figure represents the lowest level of perceived insecurity in the country since 2013.
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