Politics · Mexico · 2 hrs ago
Mexico foreign minister cites 52% fall in homicides over two years
At a conference in Madrid ahead of the Ibero-American Summit, Mexico’s foreign minister, Roberto Velasco, spoke about security and trade.
Velasco said Mexico’s homicide rate fell 52% in two years.
He described Mexico’s trade relationship with the United States as extremely complex and diversified.
Mexico’s close economic integration with the United States and Canada sets it apart from much of Latin America.
The two countries make products together and share supply chains across many sectors, as well as exchanging services.
Under the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, Mexico is seeking faster investment permits, infrastructure investment and security plans.
Mexico’s foreign minister, Roberto Velasco, said the country’s homicide rate had fallen by 52% in two years.
He made the statement at the Santander International Banking Conference in Madrid.
Velasco said he knew of no other country in the region or the world that had achieved a decline of that size in that period.
He also described Mexico’s trade relationship with the United States as extremely complex and diversified.
- Who
- Mexico’s foreign minister, Roberto Velasco.
- What
- He said Mexico’s homicide rate had fallen by 52% in two years.
- When
- At the Santander International Banking Conference in 2026. The article was published on November 4, 2026.
- Where
- Madrid, Spain.
- Why
- Not stated.
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The period over which Velasco said Mexico’s homicide rate fell by 52%.
Velasco made the statement at the Santander International Banking Conference in Madrid, before the Ibero-American Summit.
- Homicide-rate decline
- 52%
- Period
- Two years
- Speaker
- Roberto Velasco, Mexico’s foreign minister
- Event
- Santander International Banking Conference 2026
- Location
- Madrid, Spain
What people are saying
No other country in the region, or, as far as I know, in the world, has achieved a decline like this in this period of time.
This is an extremely complex and diversified trade relationship.