The Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar García Harfuch, reported that From October 1 to December 1, in coordination with the Ministry of Defense and the Navy, the arrest of more than five thousand people for high-impact crimes has been achieved, among other achievements. 43 clandestine laboratories have also been dismantled.
“We know the complexity of pacifying the country, violence and insecurity were not generated overnight and this problem is not going to be resolved overnight, however, we have seen that “With the strategy proposed in these last nine weeks of Government, there have been conclusive results that show us that we are on the right path,” commented at the Session of the National Security Council.
For her part, the head of the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection, Marcela Figueroa Franco, highlighted that Between 2019 and 2024, there has been a 17.4 percent reduction in the daily average of homicides, a crime in which Jalisco has remained among the seven entities that concentrate the highest number of victims, along with Guanajuato, Baja California, the State from Mexico, Chihuahua, Guerrero and Nuevo León.
“While in 2018 the daily average was 969 high-impact crimes per day, in the 11 months of 2024 this average is 604.8 crimes per day,” added the secretary.
In the percentage changes in high-impact crimes, Comparing 2019 with 2024, he reported that the crime of intentional homicide reported a reduction of less than 13.1%. Other crimes also decreased, such as feminicide (-14.2%); or intentional injuries caused by a firearm (-18%).
Numeralia
2 mil 234 Intentional homicides were recorded in Mexico in November, the second month of the Sheinbaum Presidency and the least violent month of 2024.
5 mil people detained from October 1 to December 1.
58 Tons of drugs have been seized, including 415,309 pills and a ton of fentanyl, the largest shipment in the country’s history.
2 mil 471 Firearms have been confiscated under this administration.
800 billion of pesos will be allocated in 2025 to security issues throughout the country.