On June 2nd, Claudia Sheinbaum was elected Mexico’s first female president, gaining a 30-point lead over candidate Xochitl Galvez (PRI, PAN, and PRD, historic parties in Mexico).
In January, the report “Voting Under Fire: Understanding Political-Criminal Violence in Mexico” was presented, which documents that in 2023 there were 574 incidents of political-criminal violence. 264 of them were against public officials or candidates for elected office, says Data Civica, the consulting firm behind the report.
In September, the National Peace Dialogue was held in Puebla, after talks and Justice and Security Forums were held in the states in which more than 18 thousand people participated in the last ten months.
Ten years after the entry into force of the Law for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists, in January, the Ministry of the Interior began work to reform it.