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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Mexico’s economy minister said representatives from the firm Foxconn will visit Hermosillo this month. -
The sanctions on casinos in the border state of Tamaulipas come after sanctions on some Sonoran casinos last year. -
Mexico is calling for thorough investigations into the deaths of 15 Mexican nationals in ICE detention or during immigration enforcement action since the start of President Donald Trump’s term. -
The attending physician at the private clinic in Hermosillo that administered the IVs that allegedly led to eight deaths is still at large. -
Environmental groups worry fracking in Mexico would have serious environmental consequences, as the president says her country will work toward “sustainable” methods.
