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Veracruz Reports 28% Homicide Decline as Federal Briefing Highlights Extortion Crackdown

The security chief presented the official figures at the Base Aeronaval de Veracruz.

Overview

  • Officials said average daily intentional homicides fell from 3.13 to 2.48 between September 2024 and December 2025.
  • High-impact crimes showed a slight year-over-year dip in 2025, down 0.3% to a 20.5 daily average.
  • From October 1, 2024 to January 15, 2026, authorities reported 3,571 detentions for high-impact crimes in Veracruz.
  • Over the same period, security forces seized 1,041 firearms and more than 9,700 kilograms of drugs.
  • The anti-extortion strategy yielded 49 arrests and the disabling of 4,621 phone lines, with recent cases involving three municipal police officers and a local security director accused of illicit demands.