Baja California Sur currently ranks fifth nationwide in terms of lethal violence, according to the organization México Evalúa, data confirmed by the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System.
In the first eight months of 2025, intentional homicides increased 124 percent compared to the same period in 2024. From 37 cold-blooded murders last year, there have now been 83; of these, 73.5 percent were committed with a firearm, 7.2 percent with a knife, 4.8 percent with another object, and the remainder have not been specified.
“BCS is already in a very complicated security crisis. What has happened has hit the police forces hard like never before: there is fear in the response units; they are acting out of fear, and that is risky. This is leading to more police abuse, with officers reacting to the slightest provocation, and their desperation to achieve results leading to injustices against citizens. What the commanders should do is calm their officers and act on intelligence; too much information is flowing,” acknowledged one of the representatives of the Citizen Council for Security and Criminal Justice.
Only 24 hours had passed since the visit of Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, President of Mexico, on September 27 when violence erupted again in the municipality of Comondú, the scene of the clash between the Sinaloa Cartel factions of La Chapiza and La Mayiza.
After the capture of Francisco Fabián Jaime Meza, alias “El Tata,” 46, on September 18 at a home located on Prolongación Benito Juárez and Vicente Guerrero in the Centro neighborhood of Ciudad Constitución, in the municipality of Comondú, both Loreto and Comondú felt a tense atmosphere.
As of 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 28, residents reported the presence of a body at kilometer 8.5 of the Ciudad Constitución – Ejido Número 5 highway, apparently executed.
Members of the State Criminal Investigation Agency of the State Attorney General’s Office (PGJE) cordoned off the area, where they located the lifeless body of a male with gunshot wounds. The victim was wearing a gray T-shirt, blue jeans, a black belt, and boots.
“Once they captured Tata, everything calmed down for the moment, but it was obvious that things were only going to escalate further, because Tata was really just one of the commandos in a very small cell. For two weeks, security forces implemented street operations, not trying to restore peace, but rather to ensure a peaceful day during the President’s stay in La Paz. Even while she was in La Paz, Comondú was surrounded by military personnel to ‘scare off’ the criminals,” said the source from the State Security Roundtable.
The violence generated by drug cartels is related to the logistics of drug trafficking, according to Arturo Rubio Ruiz, legal representative of the Citizen Council for the Assistance of Victims of Crime in Baja California Sur.
“In terms of violence, three states maintained a very negative balance from January to July 2025: Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, and Sinaloa. The state continues to be used as a strategic point by organizations to move narcotics toward the northern border, where lethal violence persists as a result of disputes between operational cells of the factions that formerly comprised the Sinaloa Cartel,” the specialist stated.
Source: zetatijuana
