Mexico murder rate down 40% under Sheinbaum, president says


Mexico City’s Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during an interview with Reuters in Mexico City, Mexico September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha

Jan ‌8 (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.

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.

(Reporting by Raul Cortes ​Fernandez and Brendan O'Boyle; Writing by Brendan O'Boyle)

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