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How many incidents of political violence will there be in Mexico in August 2025?

Multiple choice Opened 9 June 2025 Closed 1 September 2025 Resolved 1 October 2025 294 forecasts 108 forecasters
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: 


ACLED has recorded the following counts of political violence events in the month of August:
  • Aug 2020: 596
  • Aug 2021: 536
  • Aug 2022: 622
  • Aug 2023: 641
  • Aug 2024: 629 
Resolution Criteria: This question will be resolved using ACLED's Data Explorer. To see the total number of political violence incidents in a given time period:
  • 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.

Outcome

Answer Final crowd forecast Resolution
Less than 600 1% Did not happen
Between 600 and 629, inclusive 6% Did not happen
Between 630 and 659, inclusive 44% Did not happen
Between 660 and 689, inclusive 35% Happened
More than or equal to 690 14% Did not happen

“Final crowd forecast” is the last aggregate crowd probability computed before the question closed – the right-hand end of the chart below, which this table is the accessible equivalent of.

Crowd forecast over time

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Jun 2025 Jul 2025 Sep 2025 44% 35% 14% 6% 1%
Between 630 and 659, inclusive More than or equal to 690 Between 660 and 689, inclusive Between 600 and 629, inclusive Less than 600
The aggregate crowd probability, one point per day, from RFI's primary aggregation method. Gaps are days with no computed aggregate. Individual forecasts are not shown.