The trend reverses
The numbers sing: between January and March 2026, intentional homicides totaled 4,574 victims. A drop of 32.7% compared to the same period in 2025, which registered 6,804. Month by month, the story is clear: January with 1,600; February with 1,381; March with 1,593. In 2025 they were 2,382, 2,099 and 2,323 respectively. Data from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP).
The man behind the figures
Omar García Harfuch, head of the SSPC, dropped the bomb on April 14: 49,530 detained for high-impact crimes in this administration. They seized 25,700 firearms and almost 500 tons of drugs. “It directly affects the operational and financial capacity of criminal groups,” he said. It sounds like a movie script, but the numbers support it.
Blows to the heart of drug traffickers
The Army and Navy, in coordinated operations, dismantled 2,330 clandestine methamphetamine laboratories. On the high seas, Semar seized more than 62 tons of cocaine. It is no coincidence: the strategy hits where it hurts.
Extortion under the magnifying glass
The National Strategy against Extortion, since July 6, 2025, responded to 180,661 calls to 089. 88.6% of the attempts were stopped with real-time support. But not everything is rosy: 20,532 calls were completed extortion, which led to 6,821 investigation files and 1,106 arrests in 24 states.
“Thanks to the real-time monitoring of the operators, 88.6% of extortion attempts were avoided.”
This is not just statistics. Behind them are families, merchants, producers. The question that remains: will the trend hold? Because in politics, as in theater, the second act is always the most unpredictable.
