The official figures of the president’s government Andrés Manuel López Obrador recognize thatin April of this year, The barrier of 180 thousand has already been surpassed people murdered so far in the six-year term.
These figures come from the reports of the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP) and the Report of Security prepared by the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC).
According to the SESNSP, between December 2018 and March 2024, 178,463 people were murdered in the country.
Of that total, 173,378 cases were classified as intentional homicides and the rest, 5 thousand 85 cases were classified as femicides; that is, a death due to gender.
Meanwhile, the Safety Report states that In April they killed 2,239 people. This report does not break down how many are classified as homicides and how many are femicides.
In total, there are 180,702 people murdered so far in this administration, a figure higher than those registered in lThe complete six-year terms of Enrique Peña Nieto, which were just over 150 thousandand those of the government of Felipe Calderón, with around 122 thousand.
The states with the highest homicide incidence in absolute numbers, from December 1, 2018 to March 30, 2024, are Guanajuato (19 thousand 81), Mexico state (15 thousand 75) and Baja California (14 thousand 971).
They follow him Jalisco (12 thousand 690), Chihuahua (12 thousand 623), Michoacan (12 thousand 137), Sonora (8 thousand 647), Warrior (8 thousand 422), Veracruz (7 thousand 87), Morelos (6 thousand 481) and Mexico City (6 thousand 2 63).
It should be noted that the 2,349 people murdered last April consolidate that month as the most violent of 2024, and the most violent April since 2022.
Guanajuato, State of Mexico, Baja California, which have maintained the highest homicide rates, are now joined by other entities, such as Veracruz, Morelos, Mexico City, Puebla and Tabasco. In fact, the first three already appear on the list of the 11 entities with the most cases in the country.
