Mexico Cargo Hijacking Data Portal

Reliance Partner’s Mexico Cargo Hijacking Data Portal is a tool to help nearshoring executives, journalists, international logistics professionals and researchers analyze roadway logistics risk in Mexico. We compile, consolidate, and crunch data from Mexico’s federal government’s National Public Security System in order to provide the first and only open source data portal on cargo hijackings in Mexico.

7,862

Total Number of Hijackings in 2023

+3%

Percentage increase in hijackings in 2023 vs 2022

1%

Only 1% Of Hijackings occur in the Mexican States that border the United States

Key Findings

2024

  • During the first six months of 2024 the states recording the most reports of violent cargo truck hijacking were Mexico State, Puebla, and Michoacan.
  • During the first half of 2024, the trend of cargo hijacking continues to be concentrated in the area of central Mexico surrounding Mexico City.
  • In 2024, Mexico’s northern border states accounted for less than 1% of the total number of hijackings Mexico’s federal government recorded.
  • During the first six months of 2024, the northern border states that recorded the highest number of hijackings were Nuevo Leon (12) and Baja California (7).
  • One other state to watch in 2024 is Morelos, where the official tally of hijackings jumped 5.5% in comparison to the first half of 2023.

 

The map to the right shows Mexico’s Cargo Truck Hijacking Hotspots in 2023.

image of the rise of cargo hijackings in mexico

Newsworthy Hijackings In Mexico

Newsworthy hijackings in Mexico

Hijacking Data

Mexico Cargo Truck-Hijacking Data Full (xls)

2024

2023

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Aguascalientes 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baja California 1 1 1 2 0 2
Baja California Sur 1 0 0 0 0 0
Campeche 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chiapas 1 0 0 0 0 0
Chihuahua 0 0 0 2 1 0
Ciudad de México 0 0 0 2 1 0
Coahuila 0 0 0 0 0 0
Colima 0 0 0 0 0 0
Durango 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guanajuato 1 0 0 0 0 0
Guerrero 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hidalgo 3 0 0 0 1 0
Jalisco 15 15 18 17 19 13
México State 295 253 258 307 266 227
Michoacán 32 29 33 40 48 27
Morelos 16 15 11 17 13 5
Nayarit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuevo León 1 1 1 1 3 5
Oaxaca 5 4 6 10 8 5
Puebla 217 179 182 188 191 164
Querétaro 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quintana Roo 0 1 I 0 1 1 1
San Luis Potosí 12 27 12 21 15 31
Sinaloa 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sonora 1 0 0 1 0 1
Tabasco 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamaulipas 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlaxcala 13 7 7 6 5 13
Veracruz 4 4 5 4 3 2
Yucatán 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zacatecas 1 1 0 0 1 0
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Aguascalientes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baja California 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 0
Baja California Sur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Campeche 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Chiapas 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Chihuahua 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1
Ciudad de México 5 5 10 5 4 4 1 13 8 5 2 4
Coahuila 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
Colima 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Durango 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guanajuato 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 3 1 0
Guerrero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hidalgo 4 2 1 0 4 1 0 0 4 0 2 1
Jalisco 36 27 28 20 18 21 18 20 7 8 24 16
México State 341 275 335 268 305 304 273 313 316 309 292 303
Michoacán 56 45 66 57 49 61 57 35 37 42 19 40
Morelos 17 9 8 13 17 9 6 9 8 12 5 8
Nayarit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuevo León 8 3 6 3 4 5 5 6 2 3 4 0
Oaxaca 15 13 28 11 12 23 10 8 12 11 8 12
Puebla 177 170 240 217 278 251 214 199 217 162 213 195
Querétaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quintana Roo 1 0 2 4 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 1
San Luis Potosí 29 24 18 24 17 12 3 20 14 13 17 28
Sinaloa 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Sonora 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
Tabasco 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamaulipas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 12
Tlaxcala 8 6 5 6 3 2 5 13 11 8 6 12
Veracruz 7 6 7 4 11 10 6 10 4 10 7 11
Yucatán 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zacatecas 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0