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

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Events and deaths in organized violence, as UCDP records them

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Mexico: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 181 eventsP of organized violence in Mexico in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 214P. The low estimate is 178 and the high estimate is 251P. UCDP counts 24P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 105 eventsP.

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

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.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Mexico, August 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Chihuahua state1922
Ciudad de México910
Colima state810
Guanajuato state3217
Guerrero state2642
México state44
Michoacán state46
Morelos state1115
Sinaloa state5871
Zacatecas state45

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

Figure 1. Events in Mexico, August 2026. The map shows 181 events with 214 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

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 2. Mexico: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP88P117P
Group named for a person (name not shown)53P71P
Jalisco Cartel New Generation35P21P
Jalisco Cartel New Generation, Group named for a person (name not shown)53P71P
Los Caballeros Templarios3P4P
Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel32P17P
Sinaloa Cartel5P5P

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. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

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

Type of violence

Table 3. Mexico: events by type of violence, August 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict3P2%
Non-state conflict163P90%
One-sided violence against civilians15P8%

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

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 4. Monthly reports of Mexico, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 2026181P214PCandidate Events
July 2026105P160PCandidate Events
June 2026156P179PCandidate Events
May 2026212P241PCandidate Events
April 2026234P285PCandidate Events
March 2026217P270PCandidate Events
February 2026160P158PCandidate Events
January 2026233P272PCandidate Events
December 2025158152GED
November 2025199310GED
October 2025236681GED
September 2025315331GED
August 2025284529GED
July 2025304372GED
June 2025263748GED
May 2025230270GED
April 2025199244GED
March 2025196258GED
February 20252851,297GED
January 20253192,712GED
December 2024171232GED
November 2024183311GED
October 2024256557GED
September 2024277953GED
August 2024245334GED

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.

Mexico: all figures

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ConflictStats. Mexico: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/mexico/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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