Mexico’s president says daily homicide rates in her country are down by 40% since she took office in fall 2024.
According to preliminary statistics presented by the Mexican government Thursday, there have been an average of 34 fewer homicides every day since the start of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s term.
They say numbers have reached their lowest since 2016. Sheinbaum and her administration say the decline is thanks to her government’s security strategy.
But violent crime rates in Mexico remain high in some parts of the country. The Mexican state of Sinaloa, for example, has seen a spike in violence over the past year and a half as cartel factions battle for power there.
Mexico is also attempting to bring down rates of extortion by organized crime groups.
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Mexican authorities have arrested a former Mexican governor accused of concealing evidence related to the case of 43 students who went missing in 2014. -
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The indictments against five alleged Jalisco New Generation Cartel members come as the U.S. State Department offers more than $100 million worth of rewards for information. -
Federal authorities say they’ve taken down a firearms trafficking ring operating in Arizona and Mexico. -
Mexico says it has arrested 31 people in connection with the killing of a mayor in the Mexican state of Michoacán that caused national outcry.
