Novelty? No. Denial? Yeah.
Data Cívica and Animal Político have kept the count. From 2018 to September 2025, more than 2,200 attacks have been recorded on people linked to a political process. 80% officials, or candidates or applicants or, be careful, members of security forces assigned to the municipal level.
When did the reduction—republican austerity—of the state and municipal police budgets begin? INEGI reports a lack of police officers in 31 entities, 31 out of 32. The international standard is 1.8, in Mexico 1.4 police officers per thousand inhabitants. How much has the cut been?
Lantia Consultores has repeated it many times. The penetration would begin in the municipalities. But what was the reaction, weakening the police. Terrible and colluding, average and others with good grades.
But the mood was—is it?—of institutional destruction, just as in any public sphere, they simply ended them. Result: it is estimated that around 30 to 40% of the national territory is controlled by drug traffickers.
Don’t let them come out with the fallacy that it all started with Felipe Calderón’s strategy. That was 13 years ago. They knew about the penetration, the linked and indefensible governors are public. But they are loyal to we know what.
We are largely governed by drug traffickers. And of course, the effect is a bomb of fear and cornering. Being a candidate to govern a “hot” area, uff. How many honest Mexicans have left public life out of fear. We will never know.
Data Cívica and Animal Político provide information. In the 2018 elections, 28 murders of candidates, pre-candidates or candidates for public positions were confirmed. In 2021 there were 32 murders of pre-candidates or candidates. Who governs us?
In 2024 the number reached 36, of which 25 wanted to be mayors, 5 councilors and 2 trustees. In 2024, the same organizations counted 661 attacks on officials and people linked to politics. Of them, 79% were at the municipal level.
But the federal government continued to weaken the police. The governors, some, the few that remain from the opposition, spoke out against the decision. They showed arguments of how local forces produced good results. But nothing. Deafness. Centralization continued. The National Guard was created. The country was militarized. But the National Guard has nothing to do with public safety. The military themselves admit the need to have information from the locals. But he deprived the dogma.
García Harfuch works seriously. But it’s in a swamp. The regime has not been able to distance itself from the political bosses who flaunt their authority. While other countries are capable of prosecuting former presidents and high officials through a professional and credible Judiciary, in Mexico we decide to be the exception. Brilliant!
Strange that no country in the world has a judicial system that can be legally captured. We are the great exception. That’s why the CEOs of large companies have already put it on the negotiating table. Investments, yes, but with a system that dictates professional justice.
Deafness continues. Follow the explanation in the past. They don’t want to understand that they have been the government for a long time. Results are expected. But these are adverse. 10 municipal presidents have been assassinated during CSP’s mandate. Doesn’t the data tell you something?
June 17, the municipal president of Tepalcatepec was murdered outside her home. Bernardo Bravo Manríquez, president of the citrus growers, assassinated on October 20. Alejandro Torres Mora, nephew of Hipólito Mora, leader of the self-defense groups murdered on November 1st. And now Guasave. Five or six governors and the chief boss sink the country. Intelligence? I don’t doubt that it applies. But the knots with the drug traffickers are higher. Yesterday tear gas and repression against students. Left? Rude impunity.—Mexico City.
Researcher and analyst
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