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Mexico, Guerrero Sustain Security Push in Chilpancingo as Homicides Fall

Officials credit coordinated deployments for Guerrero’s best year on record for public safety.

Overview

  • President Claudia Sheinbaum reaffirmed permanent, coordinated attention to Chilpancingo, noting federal deployments will adjust to local conditions as needed.
  • Governor Evelyn Salgado reported a decline in homicides from an average of 6.5 to 2.32 per day by December and cited 2025 as the lowest year on record.
  • Guerrero supplied 59 patrol vehicles along with 528 tactical vests and 523 helmets to 29 municipalities through procedures set by the national security secretariat.
  • More than 1,000 National Guard personnel are based in four companies in the capital with a continuous highway operation on the Autopista del Sol.
  • Guanajuato reiterated a joint security strategy after recent violence in Salamanca, as Governor Libia Dennise met new FGR delegate Juan Francisco Vera Ayala to strengthen state–federal coordination.