The number of homicides registered in the term of former Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto amounted to 150,451 cases as of 2017, a considerable increase in comparison with Felipe Calderón's presidential term. At the end of his term, Andrés Manuel López Obrador recorded over 151,000 homicides.
Number of homicides in Mexico from 1990 to 2024, by presidential term
* Data for the first year of Salinas' term in 1989 is not available.
** Based on the authors' estimates and projections. No data available for last year of Peña Nieto's term, 2018.
***Data was manually calculated from the figures provided by the National System of Public Security and corresponds to "Homicidios dolosos". Data prior to this term was taken from Justice in Mexico's report.
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