Chiapas sees 64% drop in intentional homicides
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In the nearly two years since the current federal administration took office, authorities in Chiapas, Mexico, recorded a 64 percent decrease in the daily average of intentional homicides, falling from 2.5 to 0.9 per day.
Marcela Figueroa, head of the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System, shared this information. Alongside the decline in homicides, high-impact crimes like extortion, kidnapping, and femicide decreased by 44 percent.
Vehicle theft also fell significantly, dropping from a daily average of 4.1 in December 2024 to 1.3 by August 31, 2026. Security officials reported arresting 9,949 people for high-impact crimes and seizing 1,545 firearms and 97,400 cartridges. They also confiscated more than 18 tons of drugs as part of hundreds of operations conducted in the state by security cabinet institutions and local authorities.
These efforts targeted groups causing violence in the border region and those with ties to criminal organizations in other countries, including the arrest of Roger Iradier N, an alleged operator for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. The state government of Chiapas has also invested in security. Governor Eduardo Ramírez highlighted the creation of the Pakal Immediate Reaction Force, now with 800 members, and increased investment in the Secretariat of Security to 7 billion pesos.
This funding enabled the purchase of Black Hawk helicopters, tactical vehicles, drones, and other equipment. A program offering cash for firearms resulted in the collection and destruction of 158 weapons from 19 municipalities in Chiapas.
