Mexico’s daily murder rate has fallen nearly 40% from where it was when Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum took office, government officials said on Thursday, citing preliminary statistics.
The daily homicide average in December 2025 was 52.4, down from 86.9 in September 2024, the month before Sheinbaum took office.
“It is the lowest number since 2016,” Sheinbaum said at her morning press conference alongside security officials.
2% of the year done: “were only at 40% compared to last year!”
always_somewhere_ on
Fudging numbers or real? What has changed?
prefix2001 on
but she’s not saying shit about all the missing persons. those numbers are at an all-time high
defroach84 on
People will love to shit on anything Mexico. I’m happy to see the numbers are trending down regardless if you want to believe them or not.
Muted_Passenger_1535 on
Why would anyone trust a cartels puppet?
LowEmergencyCaptain on
Can’t trust this.
FOTY2015 on
“We need a positive press release. Hide the bodies for a while.”
Consistent-Study-287 on
Dropping the murder rate from 86 to 52 a day means an extra 12,400 people are alive. That’s just good news.
shogun2909 on
I don’t believe it
CalligrapherTime5638 on
Homicides are down, but disappearances are through the roof.
Background-Ad-5398 on
the only thing I could see from this is a majority of them with the government coming to the conclusion that if they keep escalating the US is going to do something to them and all the warlords will end up with nothing. but a truce like that only lasts so long, people are greedy
ConflictDry8304 on
What specific policies did they implement to explain these figures coming down?
How do they explain it? Or they just give numbers without elaborating. The article doesn’t say much
Tasty-Entertainer711 on
Sure….meanwhile 450 bags containing human remains have been discovered in Guadalajara metro. But sure Sheinbaum…Mexico is peachy.
Fun-Will5719 on
meanwhile they finding more and more corpses
marianitten on
It’s fascinating how people don’t understand the difference between a reduction in a statistic and saying that “crime has disappeared”.
ThePlasticSturgeons on
Big if true, but…
Dolorycatarro on
People here are quick to point out the discrepancies in Mexico but they turn a blind eye to El Salvador 🙄
throw6w6 on
Mexico is more dangerous than El Salvador. That’s wild to say when it was flipped the other way just a couple of years ago.
MrPanda663 on
Sounds like political numbers.
wnted_dread_or_alive on
Source: herself
rifleshooter on
I hope this is true but genuinely doubt it. The people of Mexico deserve way better than what they’re getting.
steamart360 on
No way that’s true. Whole families get murdered so no one can even report them, if anything, it’s just a failure in their statistics.
ryuzaki49 on
Do not believe anything the 4T says
stickingpuppet7 on
Me when I lie
giboauja on
Im no expert on mexican polictics, but the way she handles Trump is brilliant. I can only assume shes just generally competent.
McGrawHell on
Decriminalize drugs and watch that number plummet for real!
13Pandas on
Mexican here, this is a blatant lie. Things are worse than ever. She’s in bed with the cartels
ThatRandomGuy86 on
That’s very impressive, but what are the policies being put in place for this? Cartels are still a very scary and real thing in Mexico last I checked
ahockofham on
Doubt
jonnycanuck67 on
I have never heard murder rates expressed “daily” before this article.
KloneRr on
Americans in the comments are coping so hard, they hate seeing other countries improve while the US continues its decline.
erkelep on
What about nightly rate tho?
Sea2Chi on
One of the things I’ve read about Mexican politics is often politicians are associated with a certain cartel.
So when their politician gets into power, it makes life more difficult for rival cartels.
You’ll read about the government cracking down on cartels, but often it’s specific cartels, not cartels in general.
So it could be that there was a bit of an understanding with this president that they need to keep things quiet, or the government will be forced to act. The cartels that support her understand this, and the cartels that don’t want to keep operating and understand that now is not the time to rock the boat.
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**From Reuters:**
Mexico’s daily murder rate has fallen nearly 40% from where it was when Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum took office, government officials said on Thursday, citing preliminary statistics.
The daily homicide average in December 2025 was 52.4, down from 86.9 in September 2024, the month before Sheinbaum took office.
“It is the lowest number since 2016,” Sheinbaum said at her morning press conference alongside security officials.
Read more: [https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mexico-murder-rate-down-40-140125554.html](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mexico-murder-rate-down-40-140125554.html)
“Preliminary statistics”
Don’t worry… we believe you… /s
2% of the year done: “were only at 40% compared to last year!”
Fudging numbers or real? What has changed?
but she’s not saying shit about all the missing persons. those numbers are at an all-time high
People will love to shit on anything Mexico. I’m happy to see the numbers are trending down regardless if you want to believe them or not.
Why would anyone trust a cartels puppet?
Can’t trust this.
“We need a positive press release. Hide the bodies for a while.”
Dropping the murder rate from 86 to 52 a day means an extra 12,400 people are alive. That’s just good news.
I don’t believe it
Homicides are down, but disappearances are through the roof.
the only thing I could see from this is a majority of them with the government coming to the conclusion that if they keep escalating the US is going to do something to them and all the warlords will end up with nothing. but a truce like that only lasts so long, people are greedy
What specific policies did they implement to explain these figures coming down?
How do they explain it? Or they just give numbers without elaborating. The article doesn’t say much
Sure….meanwhile 450 bags containing human remains have been discovered in Guadalajara metro. But sure Sheinbaum…Mexico is peachy.
meanwhile they finding more and more corpses
It’s fascinating how people don’t understand the difference between a reduction in a statistic and saying that “crime has disappeared”.
Big if true, but…
People here are quick to point out the discrepancies in Mexico but they turn a blind eye to El Salvador 🙄
Mexico is more dangerous than El Salvador. That’s wild to say when it was flipped the other way just a couple of years ago.
Sounds like political numbers.
Source: herself
I hope this is true but genuinely doubt it. The people of Mexico deserve way better than what they’re getting.
No way that’s true. Whole families get murdered so no one can even report them, if anything, it’s just a failure in their statistics.
Do not believe anything the 4T says
Me when I lie
Im no expert on mexican polictics, but the way she handles Trump is brilliant. I can only assume shes just generally competent.
Decriminalize drugs and watch that number plummet for real!
Mexican here, this is a blatant lie. Things are worse than ever. She’s in bed with the cartels
That’s very impressive, but what are the policies being put in place for this? Cartels are still a very scary and real thing in Mexico last I checked
Doubt
I have never heard murder rates expressed “daily” before this article.
Americans in the comments are coping so hard, they hate seeing other countries improve while the US continues its decline.
What about nightly rate tho?
One of the things I’ve read about Mexican politics is often politicians are associated with a certain cartel.
So when their politician gets into power, it makes life more difficult for rival cartels.
You’ll read about the government cracking down on cartels, but often it’s specific cartels, not cartels in general.
So it could be that there was a bit of an understanding with this president that they need to keep things quiet, or the government will be forced to act. The cartels that support her understand this, and the cartels that don’t want to keep operating and understand that now is not the time to rock the boat.