So far in the Administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, prosecutors have registered 178,832 intentional homicides in Mexico
The report ‘MX: The War in Numbers’, by T-ResearchMX , details that, according to the registry of intentional homicides of the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection, from December 1, 2018 to February 10, 2024 , time Under the Administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador , state and federal prosecutors have registered 178,832 intentional homicides in Mexico .
It is observed that throughout the 63 months of López Obrador ‘s six-year term , an upward trend in the registration of homicides has been maintained.
The month with the highest record of intentional homicides was October 2020 , with 3,347 ; On the other hand, the month with the lowest registration of intentional homicides was January 2024 with 2,134 events, compared to February 2021 , considered by the authorities themselves as the month with the fewest murders.
The Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) highlighted that so far in President López Obrador ‘s six-year term , there has been a 0.4 percent decrease in murders .
During 2021 , the decrease was 4.1 percent , in 2022 it was 7.1 percent , and 4.18 percent in 2023 .
Comparing deaths in the same period in other six-year terms , the current Government leads the record of said crime with 178,832 incidents, higher than that of the last Administration, with Enrique Peña Nieto , who registered 122,472.
In the same period of former President Felipe Calderón ‘s government , 96,495 murders were recorded, and, in the government of former President Vicente Fox , 50,677 were documented.
Source: Lopez Doriga
