According to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data project (ACLED), there were 641 political violence events (i.e., battles, explosions/remote violence, violence against civilians, excessive force against protesters, and mob violence) in May 2025, compared to 705 in April and 650 in March. Below is a chart showing the number of incidents of political violence in Mexico each month from June 2024 through May 2025: 

• Aug 2020: 596
• Aug 2021: 536
• Aug 2022: 622
• Aug 2023: 641
• Aug 2024: 629 

• Option 1: Select “Event Counts” for the metric you are interested in.
• Option 2: Select “Political Violence” for the event categories/types.
• Option 3: Select “Custom Date Range” for and select the date range you want to see. For this question, the date range for resolution will be “2025-08-01 to 2025-08-31”.
• Option 5: Select “Mexico” as the country of interest.
• Option 10 (Optional): Select “Yes” to see the event counts grouped by time period (weeks, months, or years, depending on your date range).
• Press “Run Calculations” and the total event count will be in a table on the right.