Despite being the month with the fewest murders so far this year, Mexico ended October with an average of 50 per day.

According to preliminary figures released by the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), during the tenth month of the year, 1,553 people were murdered.

This figure represents an average of 50 victims per day, and despite this, October is the month with the lowest incidence of intentional homicides in 2025.

According to the statistical report of the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP), from January to September, more than 15,000 people were murdered in Mexico, many of them without the perpetrator having been apprehended.

Regarding the most violent states in the country, the data provided by the state prosecutors' offices indicate that Guanajuato tops the list, with 147 people murdered during the third-to-last month of the year.

Next comes Sinaloa, with 127 homicides, and what is worrying for its inhabitants is that the figure increased by 20% compared to September, when 106 people were murdered.

What is happening in the state located in northeastern Mexico is The result of a sustained conflict between two criminal groups that have been fighting for control of the drug production and sales area for months. Following the aforementioned states are Chihuahua and the State of Mexico, both with 120 murders committed in the last 30 days. A little further behind is Michoacan, with 101 homicides during October, where one of the most notorious cases was that of lemon businessman Bernardo Bravo Manriquez, president of the Citrus Growers Association of the Apatzingan Valley and member of the National Citrus Growers Association in Mexico, who was found dead days after being kidnapped. What is worrying about this case is that he is the third lemon producer murdered in less than a year, after reporting extortion and the lack of response from the authorities.