NGO warns that Lopez Obrador's six-year term was the deadliest in Mexico's history
MUCD presented its official analysis of violence in Mexico, criticizing the previous president's
The organization United Mexico Against Crime (MUCD) presented its most recent Homicide Atlas 2024, an in-depth analysis based exclusively on official figures, with strong criticism of the government of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
According to the statistical analysis, Lopez Obrador's six-year term was the “most lethal in the history” of Mexico, with more than 200,000 homicide victims, as this organization warned on Tuesday.
The year with the most violent deaths was 2020, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, with more than 36,000 cases.
“It was the year with the highest historical record for these victims, which is quite disheartening given the situation we were all in,” noted MUCD researcher Daniela Osorio.
Within that figure, the age range with the most deaths was 25 to The 30-year-olds make up 84% of the adult victims. According to the analysis, several states showed increases considered worrying: Tabasco, Baja California Sur, and Sinaloa among them. Mexico City also stood out for its upward trend: “It has 30% more homicides than in 2023.”
Furthermore, cases throughout Mexico are concentrated in just five states (Guanajuato—the “most violent” in the country, State of Mexico, Chihuahua, Baja California, and Jalisco), where four out of every ten murders nationwide are recorded.
In contrast, 15 states showed reductions, with Zacatecas having the most pronounced decrease, at 51%.
They also asserted that there was a change in the upward trend after the current mayor, Claudia Sheinbaum, took office in October 2024, when there was a “spike” due to the conflict in the state of Sinaloa.
For this year, they stated that they have a “reserved forecast” until the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) publishes the data, although they specified that “in theory, we have fewer homicides.”This position coincides with that of the Security Cabinet, which announced a 37% decrease between September 2024 and November 2025, a period in which 38,700 people have been arrested for high-impact crimes and more than 311 tons of drugs have been seized.