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Mexico Records February with Fewer Murders in a Decade
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The security strategy applied in Sinaloa to combat violence following the kidnapping of Ismael El Mayo Zambada and his transfer to the United States has reduced the substantial increase in homicides that occurred after that episode, said President Claudia Sheinbaum. If before that juncture the entity had on average 1.5 daily murders, in October it reached 5.87, but now it has dropped to 3.86 last February.
The government of Claudia Sheinbaum has held a decrease in crime incidences on Tuesday. The country has had its best February in terms of average homicides since 2015, according to the president at a press conference. Since the beginning of her administration, the authorities have recorded a 44% reduction in homicides, which has gone from 86.9 murders a day to 48.8 in a year and five months.Continue reading
+ “It is a continuous reduction month with month and February is the lowest month for at least 10 years,” he highlighted + The daily average of victims of malicious homicide was reduced from 86.9 in September 2024 to 48.8 in February 2026; being February of this year the lowest since 2015 + From October 1, 2024 to February 28, 2026, 46,405 people were arrested for high impact crimes, 24 thousand 122 firearms were secured, 346.55 tons of drugs we…
From September 2024 to February 2026, the reduction in malicious homicides is 44 percent, explained President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. At her conference this morning, she added that “February is the lowest month for at least 10 years. There are 38 homicides per day less than in September 2024.” [...] The charge With Sheinbaum, malicious homicides decrease 44% first appeared on Contralínea.
EpicentroDiario As a result of the security and social proximity strategies implemented by the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC Cholula), during February 2026 there was a decrease of 30.87% in the criminal incidence, compared to the same period of 2025. Among the crimes that presented a more significant reduction are the theft of autopartes, with a decrease of 50%; the theft of vehicles, with 47.6%; the theft in general, with 42.2%; the narc…
Reading time approx.: 2 minutes, 4 seconds The federal government reported that the daily average of malicious homicides in Mexico was reduced 44 percent between September 2024 and February 2026, according to the most recent Delictive Incidence Report presented by the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System. During the morning conference led by President Claudia Sheinbaum, the head of the Executive Secretariat, Marcela Figue…
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