Bulletin 2026-08UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.8Changes in the data

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Guanajuato state, Mexico: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

Monthly report of a regionDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 32 eventsP of organized violence in Guanajuato state, Mexico in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 17P. The low estimate is 14 and the high estimate is 44P. UCDP counts 4P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 3 eventsP.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The report of the country for this month: Mexico, August 2026.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Mexico has each event.

No event of this month has 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file has each event.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 1. Guanajuato state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Jalisco Cartel New Generation32P17P
Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel32P17P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

All months

Table 2. Monthly reports of Guanajuato state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 202632P17PCandidate Events
July 20263P6PCandidate Events
June 202626P19PCandidate Events
May 202641P21PCandidate Events
April 202620P30PCandidate Events
March 202639P65PCandidate Events
February 202622P5PCandidate Events
January 202662P57PCandidate Events
December 20253728GED
November 20254522GED
October 202549244GED
September 20257888GED
August 20255376GED
July 20254728GED
June 20253130GED
May 20255445GED
April 20252018GED
March 20256578GED
February 20257474GED
January 202578761GED
December 20245374GED
November 20247080GED
October 202486127GED
September 20246177GED
August 202480115GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. A report of a month more than 24 months before the data end stays online. Search engines are asked not to list it.

Guanajuato state: all figures

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ConflictStats. Guanajuato state, Mexico: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/mexico/guanajuato-state/month/2026-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .

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