Mexican government reports 42 percent drop in Michoacán homicides

The Mexican federal government reported a 42 percent decrease in the homicide rate in Michoacán over the past year.

Officials attributed this change to the Plan Michoacán por la Paz y la Justicia, a security strategy launched by President Claudia Sheinbaum in November 2025. The plan followed the assassination of Carlos Manzo, the mayor of Uruapan, on November 1, 2025.

Security and Defense officials stated that the average daily murder count in the state fell from 3.72 in the first 10 months of the previous year to 2.22 in the same period this year. Marcela Figueroa of the Secretariado Ejecutivo del Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Pública noted that this represents the lowest average recorded in the state since 2015. The government says the strategy focuses on dismantling criminal organizations and addressing the root causes of violence.

During the year, authorities detained 1,424 people and seized 860 firearms and 127,588 cartridges. The government also disabled 16 clandestine laboratories and 12 areas used to produce methamphetamine. Specific operations target extortion in the agricultural sector, including the avocado and lemon industries. These efforts involve thousands of military and police personnel stationed at packing plants, transport routes, and coastal municipalities to disrupt drug trafficking corridors.