Washington’s Crime Crisis Exposed: Mexican Capital Outperforms U.S. Capital on Homicides

In a striking rebuke to claims by President Trump about rising crime in Washington, D.C., the mayor of Mexico City, Clara Brugada, revealed that her city’s homicide rate is actually significantly lower than that of the U.S. capital. According to recent data from Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi), Mexico City recorded just 10 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2024—some 60% less than Washington's alarming figure exceeding 27 per 100,000. This comparison should give every patriotic American pause. How can a foreign capital with fewer resources maintain a safer environment while our own nation’s capital struggles under unchecked...