PRI Senator from Zacatecas, Claudia Anaya Mota, warned that the difference of 5,140 homicides between the records of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) and the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP) during 2025 could be due to a "perverse incentive" for governors to present better results in security matters.
In an interview with EL UNIVERSAL, the legislator maintained that, although both institutions use different methodologies, the discrepancy had never reached this magnitude.
"The discrepancy was always in the range of 4%, never reaching 21%," she noted.
Anaya considered that some prosecutors' offices could be reclassifying intentional homicides as negligent, injuries that result in death, or deaths pending determination. However, she clarified that she has no proof that there is a direct instruction from the Federal Government to alter the statistics.
The PRI member particularly questioned the case of Zacatecas, where authorities boast a 70% reduction in homicides, even though the difference between the two records reaches 45%.
"Is it about solving problems or about whitewashing figures? What is governing about? Is it about delivering results or faking results?" she said.
Nevertheless, she acknowledged a downward trend in homicides and highlighted changes in the federal security strategy, reflected in arrests, seizures and o…
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Claudia Anaya Mota, PRI senator from Zacatecas, warned that the difference of 5,140 homicides between the records of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) and the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP) during 2025 could be due to a "perverse incentive" for governors to present better results in security matters. In an interview with EL UNIVERSAL, the legislator maintained that, although both institutions use different methodologies, the discrepancy had never reached this magnitude. "The discrepancy was always in the range of 4%, never reaching 21%," she noted. Anaya considered that some prosecutors' offices could be reclassifying intentional homicides as negligent, injuries that result in death, or deaths pending determination. However, she clarified that she has no proof of a direct instruction from the Federal Government to alter the statistics. The PRI member particularly questioned the case of Zacatecas, where authorities boast a 70% reduction in homicides, even though the difference between the two records reaches 45%. "Is it about solving problems or about whitewashing figures? What is governing about? Is it about delivering results or faking results?" she said. Nevertheless, she acknowledged a downward trend in homicides and highlighted changes in the federal security strategy, reflected in arrests, seizures, and operations. "I am from the opposition and I am capable of recognizing that there has been a downward curve," she stated. In light of the review announced by President Claudia Sheinbaum, Anaya called for correcting the classifications and making the records transparent in order to design public policies based on accurate diagnoses. "It's not about spending all day showing popularity polls, whitewashed numbers, unrealistic figures. That is living in an altered, parallel reality," she concluded. You may be interested in: US requests extradition of "R1," a man close to "El Mencho" imprisoned in Altiplano; 5,000 homicides go missing; underreporting reaches 17%; From other data to the lost homicides. Join our channel! EL UNIVERSAL is now on WhatsApp! From your mobile device, find out the most relevant news of the day, opinion articles, entertainment, trends and more. nro