Intentional Homicides Fell 50 Percent Between September 2024 and October 2026, Sheinbaum Says

ByArturo Sánchez and Emir Olivares

This article by Arturo Sánchez and Emir Olivares originally appeared in the November 10, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.

Mexico City. The daily average of intentional homicides in the country fell 50 percent between September 2024 and October 2026, from 86.9 to 43.4, making last month the October with the fewest murders since 2015. The figure, however, has remained virtually unchanged since August, when 43.3 murders per day were recorded, the same as in September.

I’ll give you an advance: 50 percent reduction in intentional homicides.

President Claudia Sheinbaum

President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo announced the figure this Tuesday as she opened her customary press conference at the National Palace, where the monthly security report was presented.

Marcela Figueroa Franco, head of the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP), detailed that from January to October seven states concentrated 52.5 percent of homicides: State of Mexico (10.6 percent), Guanajuato (8.2), Baja California (8.1), Sinaloa (7.8), Chihuahua (7.5), Guerrero (5.4) and Morelos (4.9). Compared to the same period in 2025, all 32 states reduced their daily average; San Luis Potosí stands out with a drop of 77 percent, Nayarit with 71.8 percent fewer homicides, Quintana Roo with a reduction of 57.7 percent, as well as Baja California Sur and Nuevo León, with reductions of 54.1 and 50.1 percent, respectively.

High-impact crimes across the country fell 36 percent, from 636.6 per day in October 2024 to 409.4 in this past October, and violent vehicle theft dropped 52 percent, from 149.1 to 72.2.

Perception of insecurity stood at 58.1 percent in the third quarter, its lowest since 2013, according to the National Survey of Urban Public Security (ENSU) by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI). Meanwhile, the population that feels unsafe in their neighborhood fell from 50.1 to 35.9 percent, its lowest level since 2018, according to the National Victimization and Perception of Public Security Survey (ENVIPE).

The Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar García Harfuch, reported that since July 6, 2025, when the National Anti-Extortion Strategy began, 2,395 people have been arrested for that crime, among them Luis Humberto “N,” alias Keegan, identified as the leader of La Empresa.

So far this administration, 74,033 people have been arrested for various crimes, 37,625 weapons and 588.6 tons of drugs have been seized, and 2,841 clandestine laboratories have been dismantled.

Among recent cases, he cited the capture in Nuevo Laredo of Gerardo Javier N, La Pocha, of the Cartel del Noreste, wanted for extradition by the United States, and the death in clashes of Edgar Arón N, El General, alleged mastermind of the murder of police officer Milton Morales, and of Jesús N, Chuy González, an operator of the Sinaloa Cartel for whom a reward of up to 5 million dollars had been offered.

The Secretary of Governance, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, presented advances in addressing the causes of violence, including 155,700 young people in Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro and 14,157 weapons handed in under the exchange program.