Kidnappings in Mexico decreased by 24.3% during November 2025, while the number of victims fell by 5.2%, according to the most recent National Kidnapping Report from the civil association Alto al Secuestro.
The document, released this Wednesday, detailed that in the eleventh month of the year, 103 kidnappings were recorded, 33 fewer cases compared to the 136 in October.
Regarding the number of victims, Stop Kidnapping indicated that 199 people were counted, while in October this figure reached 225.
According to the report, Sinaloa had the highest monthly incidence with 12 kidnappings, followed by the State of Mexico (11), Chihuahua and Veracruz (10 each), Sonora (9) and Quintana Roo (6).
In contrast, 10 Mexican states did not report kidnappings in November: Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Hidalgo, Querétaro, Tamaulipas and Yucatán.
By rate per 100,000 inhabitants, the report ranked Sinaloa in first place, followed by Quintana Roo, Sonora and Chihuahua, as well as other entities above the national average, including Nayarit, Tlaxcala, Tabasco, Veracruz, Baja California, Oaxaca and Michoacán.
Migrant kidnappings and mass kidnappings
The report also noted that in November there were six kidnappings of migrants with 33 victims, all in Chihuahua.
When excluding cases linked to migrants, the monthly decrease would be greater: 97 kidnappings in November versus 133 in October (-27.1%), and 166 victims versus 204 (-18.6%).
Stop Kidnapping also recorded six mass kidnappings with 45 victims, which occurred in Chiapas, Mexico City, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa and Zacatecas.
Gap compared to official figures
The civil association warned of a discrepancy between its records and the authorities’ data, since of the 199 victims counted in November, the Mexican prosecutor’s offices and authorities only reported 73.
With this, 63.3% of the victims, who are also counted through the media, would be left out of the official count.
Of the 103 kidnapping events, the report attributed 96 to the state level and seven to the federal level.
In a broader perspective, the report estimated 2,305 kidnappings accumulated between October 2024 and November 2025, an average of 5.4 kidnappings daily and 37.9 weekly.
With information from EFE.
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