At face value, it certainly appears to be good news, even though homicide numbers in Mexico remain high, with more than 23,000 victims reported last year. It’s not the first time that homicide numbers touted by a government led by Sheinbaum have been called into question. The homicide data the federal government presents on a monthly basis is derived from reports it receives from the Attorney General’s Offices in Mexico’s 31 states and Mexico City. Maybe for that reason, the missing person numbers don’t usually appear in the morning press conferences,” the NGO wrote. Without reliable statistics, without figures that society recognizes as reflecting reality, it is impossible to have a genuine public security policy,” he wrote.