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Zacatecas state, Mexico: events and estimated deaths in December 2024

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UCDP recorded 2 events of organized violence in Zacatecas state, Mexico in December 2024. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 20. The low estimate is 18 and the high estimate is 20. UCDP counts 0 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for November 2024 was 6 events.

Among the 13 months with a report for Zacatecas state, Mexico, December 2024 has the 6th highest count of events. Zacatecas state, Mexico holds 1 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in Mexico in December 2024.

The report of the country for this month: Mexico, December 2024.

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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 .

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Events

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Table 1. Zacatecas state, December 2024: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
9 Dec 2024Luis Moya municipality, Zacatecas stateJalisco Cartel New Generation; Sinaloa CartelNon-state181818
16 Dec 2024Pinos municipality, Zacatecas stateJalisco Cartel New Generation; Sinaloa CartelNon-state202

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Zacatecas state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of December 2024, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Jalisco Cartel New Generation220
Sinaloa Cartel220

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.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Zacatecas state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 20264P5PCandidate Events
June 20261P1PCandidate Events
March 20261P2PCandidate Events
February 20261P3PCandidate Events
November 202527GED
July 202523GED
March 202513GED
February 202511GED
December 2024220GED
November 202465GED
October 2024523GED
September 2024745GED
August 20241012GED

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ConflictStats. Zacatecas state, Mexico: events and estimated deaths in December 2024. https://conflictstats.com/country/mexico/zacatecas-state/month/2024-12/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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