Yamandú Orsi's government has a record number of homicides

The government of leftist Yamandú Orsi took office on March 1, 2025. According to official data from Uruguay's Ministry of the Interior and updated journalistic reports, the homicide rate has increased compared to 2024, when a total of 382 cases were recorded.

These are extremely high figures, doubling the global average (around 5-6 per 100,000 inhabitants) and surpassing neighboring countries such as Argentina (4.4) or Chile (4.5).

The total for 2025 up to October 19 is about 275 homicides, with a rate of about 10.5 per 100,000 inhabitants.

Enormously high figures for a country with a population of 3,500,000 inhabitants.

Ministry of the Interior provides no answers

Carlos Negro, Minister of the Interior, said as soon as he took office that "the war against drug trafficking is lost," a disastrous signal that was taken advantage of by criminals.

The head of the National Police gives up before fighting crime.

Since taking office, Negro has made unfortunate statements and has traveled abroad several times, instead of being in Uruguay solving security problems.

The left promotes crime

All leftist governments in Latin America have promoted crime.

This can be seen in Mexico, in Gustavo Petro's Colombia, in Lula's Brazil, in Gabriel Boric's Chile, and of course in Nicolás Maduro's narco-dictatorship in Venezuela.

The Latin American left, socialist and communist, has no intention of fighting either organized crime or drug trafficking.

That's why wherever they govern, crime and uncontrolled violence flourish.

Frente Amplio encourages criminals

Between 2005 and 2020, during the governments of Tabaré Vázquez and José Mujica, there was a record number of homicides and robberies.

These numbers also did not improve much during Lacalle Pou's government between 2020 and 2025.

Now, in the government led by Orsi since March 1, there is a record number of homicides never before seen in Uruguay.

There is total and absolute chaos. The vast majority of those murdered are young men, and despite feminist lies, violent deaths of women do not reach 5%.

Insecurity is growing and there are no solutions.