According to monitoring carried out from open sources and journalistic reports, the five states with the highest number of police officers murdered were Sinaloa (48), Guerrero (39), Guanajuato (36), Michoacán (34) and Veracruz (24). Together, these entities account for more than half of the homicides recorded during the year.
The report also indicates that, so far in the current six-year term, from October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025, at least 442 murdered police officers have been documented, a figure that – the organization warns – not only reflects human tragedies, but also a structural weakening of the State’s capabilities to guarantee public security.
Throughout 2025, various attacks against police officers showed the constant risks they face. In Guanajuato, several municipal and state elements were killed in ambushes and armed attacks while carrying out patrol work, particularly in municipalities with a high presence of criminal groups.
Such was the case of the Public Security Commissioner of Salamanca, Andrés Ramírez Hernández, who was ambushed by gunfire when he was about to enter the Residencial Galerías, where he has his home, or the armed attack that occurred in Apaseo el Alto, where two municipal police officers were murdered and at least three more people were injured.
In Guerrero, both state and municipal police became targets of direct attacks, which included attacks on barracks and the murder of off-duty officers, with a particular focus on regions such as the Costa Grande and the Central zone.
