Mexico Reports 50% Drop in Intentional Homicides, Digi Mart USA News: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said intentional homicides nationwide have fallen by 50 percent since the start of her administration. She made the announcement during her morning press conference at the National Palace on Tuesday, November 10, 2026.
Sheinbaum said the government would present its October security results and previewed the headline figure. She described the decline as a sustained reduction in high-impact crimes.
Marcela Figueroa, head of the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP), presented consolidated figures as of October 31, 2026. The data were compiled from reports submitted by the 32 state prosecutors’ offices.
According to Figueroa, seven states accounted for 52.5 percent of the country’s homicides from January through October 2026. The Estado de México led with 10.6 percent, followed by Guanajuato at 8.2 percent and Baja California at 8.1 percent.
Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Guerrero and Morelos were also among the leading states.
Figueroa said that when comparing January through October 2025 with the same period in 2026, all 32 states recorded reductions in their daily average of intentional homicides. She highlighted notable declines in San Luis Potosí, Nayarit, Quintana Roo, Baja California Sur and Nuevo León.
Figueroa also pointed to a downward trend in other high-impact crimes recorded between September 2024 and October 2026. The source report was cut off before providing those specific figures.
