A Descent That Shakes the Foundations of Violence
In an announcement that resounded like thunder in the apparent calm, the Security Cabinet revealed a figure that seems to have come from an impossible dream: a staggered reduction of 40% in intentional murders, a monumental decline recorded from the start of the current government until the end of last year. The setting was the morning conference of President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo in Cuernavaca, where Marcela Figueroa, in command of the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP), proclaimed not only this decline, but a general trend that has affected 26 states of the Republic, in a dramatic turn against high-level illicit crimes. impact.
With the solemnity of one who reveals a secret kept for years, Figueroa declared: “There has been a sustained downward trend. The current administration began with an average of 86.9 daily homicides in the country, and in December 2025 it closed with a daily average of 52.4.” Each word, a hammer that hammers home the reality of a transformation. “The reduction, in addition to being 40% in this period, is 34 fewer intentional homicides per day,” he added, painting a panorama where each day saved is a silent but epic victory.
The Figures that Write a New History
What do cold numbers reveal when you look them in the eye? Figueroa pointed out with conviction that December 2025 stands as “the lowest December in the last 10 years, that is, since 2016.” And the annual comparison leaves no room for doubt: when contrasting 2025 with its predecessor, a 30% decrease is observed in the daily average of this scourge. However, the shadow of concentration persists. The head of the SESNSP explained that, last year, seven states accounted for more than half of the total of these crimes. Guanajuato led this sad ranking with 10.9% at the national level, followed by Chihuahua, Baja California, Sinaloa, State of Mexico, Guerrero and Michoacán.
But even in the darkness, rays of hope shine. When comparing 2024 with 2025, 26 states managed to reduce their numbers. The most dizzying declines, true plummets, were recorded in Zacatecas (-71.1%), Chiapas (-58%) and Quintana Roo (-56.8%). And in Guanajuato itself, Figueroa highlighted a change of course that began in February 2025, accumulating ten months of a constant decrease that reaches 62% in its daily average, a transformation that seems to reverse a curse.
The Siege of High Impact Crimes
The battle is not fought only on the homicide front. The report expanded to other high-impact crimes, revealing an even deeper contraction in the timeline. “There is a 47% reduction in the daily average of high-impact crimes,” said Figueroa. The figure is overwhelming: while in 2018 the country suffered a daily average of 969.4 of these crimes, 2025 closed with 514.3. An eight-year journey that has seen the daily incidence almost halved.
And focusing the magnifying glass on the period of the current administration, the decrease is equally significant: 26%. The contrast is palpable: from the 636.6 high-impact crimes on a daily average in October 2024, it rose to 472.1 in December 2025. Every decimal less is a community that breathes, a business that does not close, a family that does not cry. These are data that, beyond statistical coldness, narrate a collective epic to recover peace, a fight where each declining percentage is a territory reconquered for citizen tranquility.
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