President Claudia Sheinbaum reported that a working group is being held with members of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) and the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP) to review the reported discrepancy in intentional homicides during 2025, as the former documented 29,488 victims of this crime while the federal government recorded 24,348.
“It’s something we are reviewing with Inegi (...) in a working group to see why this situation occurred, also looking at it state by state. What is the difference between what the prosecutors’ offices reported and what the civil registry later reports? This figure comes out for ’25, the data is being reviewed with Inegi, and the one for ’26 will come out at the end of 2027,” she stated.
During the press conference on Friday, November 13, the federal leader attributed the discrepancy to the cases of intentional homicides reported individually by the 32 state prosecutors’ offices and the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) itself, versus those documented through death certificates, to which Inegi has access in order to compile its report on Registered Death Statistics (EDR).
“There is an issue that came out this year different from what had happened in… the data… let’s see, the data from the Security Cabinet that we present here comes from the data of the state prosecutors’ offices and the Attorney General’s Office. When there is an intentional homicide, whether by ri…
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President Claudia Sheinbaum reported that a working group is being held with members of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) and the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP) to review the reported difference in intentional homicides during 2025, as the former documented 29,488 victims of this crime and the federal government documented 24,348. "It is something we are reviewing with Inegi... in a working group to see why this situation occurred and also reviewing state by state. What is the difference between what the prosecutor's offices reported and what the civil registry later reports?" She said. "This data is for '25; they are reviewing the data with Inegi, and the data for '26 will come out at the end of 2027." During the press conference this Friday, November 13, the federal leader attributed the difference in intentional homicides to cases reported individually by the 32 state prosecutor's offices and the Attorney General's Office (FGR), versus those documented through death certificates, which Inegi has access to for its Registered Deaths Statistics report (EDR). "There is an issue that came out this year that was different from what had happened in... the data... look, the data from the Security Cabinet that we present here comes from the data of the state prosecutor's offices and the Attorney General's Office. When there is an intentional homicide, whether it is due to a brawl, organized crime, or any other situation, even femicide, which is classified as another crime," she expressed. Homicides in Mexico. Photo: Archive "State prosecutor's offices always enter, in the case of common law crimes, and in the case of federal crimes, the Attorney General's Office enters. Investigation files must necessarily be opened. Therefore, the number of investigation files and victims in each investigation file is the main or essential source of the data that we present here from the National Public Security Secretariat," she explained. In Palacio Nacional, the Head of the Executive Branch emphasized that every week, the data provided by local prosecutor's offices is reviewed, as these data are adjusted over the days, since a person injured by a firearm, for example, may lose their life days later in a hospital, and this is reported to the authorities afterward. "That must be considered an intentional homicide. Therefore, a review is done every week, and at the close of the month, about 10 days are given for the prosecutor's offices to provide the final data; that is the source of the National Secretariat. Inegi's source for the final data comes from the registries and the death certificates. The registration of an intentional homicide comes from the forensic doctors or the doctors who issue their certificate when a person dies, from the death certificate of the civil registries of each state," Sheinbaum detailed. Sheinbaum Pardo referred to the fact that Inegi provides a preliminary figure and the definitive one is published in its annual report: "In this case, in 2025, based on Inegi's own data, there was a greater difference than in previous years," she acknowledged. "Can you inform us more about the results of these review tables later?" she was asked this morning. "Of course, and they must be completely transparent," the president answered. You might be interested Broxel, the deputies' wallet, under government scrutiny: Camila Vallejo, spokesperson for BoricCitlalli Hernández rejects the idea of an agreement with the PT regarding a new survey in Michoacán Join our channel! EL UNIVERSAL is already on Whatsapp! Find out the most relevant news of the day, opinion articles, entertainment, trends, and more from your mobile device.