Mexico has had a violence problem for a very long time. Organized crime is so influential in some parts of the country that Mayan ruins are inaccessible due to violence. They want to reform the justice system but fear this will open the door for criminals to finance candidacies. And this is so ingrained that there are many companies that claim to control much of the legitimate business of these organizations.

Dubbed the ‘War on Drug Trafficking’, governments wanted to put an end to the problem but the numbers were still alarming. Following López Obrador’s call for peace, it was now Claudia Sheinbaum who detailed her security plan to eliminate violence in Mexico.

The “new” crisis of violence. When we say “crisis of violence” we need to point out this. The problem is that at some point in the last decade the crisis does not seem to have gone away, and with a new government that has not yet been in power for a month, there are parties that claim that there was a crisis at that time. There were 1000 murders. That’s a far cry from the 200,000 of López Obrador’s six-year term.

There are several striking examples, but among them we should also mention the mayors of Guerrero and Oaxaca. Alejandro Arcos, the recently elected mayor of Guerrero, was beheaded a few days ago. Román Ruiz, the local mayor of Oaxaca state, was also stabbed in his home. These are two of many cases that have occurred recently, especially since the arrest of capo Ismael “Mayo” Zambada a few weeks ago.

Claudia Sheinbaum. Since October 1, Claudia Sheinbaum has been President of the United Mexican States. During this time, the president made announcements such as the deployment/opening of 3,000 new kilometers of rail lines, a strong commitment to solar energy, and a commitment to 100% electric cars after Elon Musk rejected the gigafactory in Mexico. % Mexican.

And those intentions include reducing violence. At the “morning conference”, a press conference where issues of public interest will be discussed, Security Minister Omar García Harfuch and the president commented on the four pillars of the action plan to combat violence.

reasons. The first is to address the causes, to see why young people drop out of school, and to fight crime through social policy. For this, he relies on an action plan he implemented when he was mayor of Mexico City: “If the young man was not going to school, we would take him. If he did not have a university or a job.” , we would find it.”

Therefore, the aim is for young people to have something to do and to get an education, because this way they are less likely to fall into crime. Sheinbaum said young people join criminal groups due to lack of economic resources, lack of social and cultural identity, and lack of education or employment, and that this is a problem the government can solve through social policies.

national guard. The idea of ​​strengthening the National Guard also comes into play in this plan. With the disbanding of the Federal Police during AMLO’s tenure (due to accusations of corruption and connections to organized crime), the National Guard became the alternative for areas and missions that the police could not handle.

It is a controversial organization because they are very present on the streets and there are those who believe that the military should not perform public order duties, but the new government will continue to function by stating that there is no militarization and that is what they will do. “Leverage the Secretary of Defense’s capabilities to consolidate the National Guard.”

Intelligence. The idyllic goal of law enforcement is to prevent crimes. Sheinbaum and Harfuch think it is important to handle information in the best possible way to combat impunity, which is evident in 90% of crimes in Mexico.

The plan here is to combat security breaches in Mexico’s own infrastructure and “not only respond to crimes, but also anticipate crimes using intelligence and the most advanced technological resources,” Harfuch said. The roadmap, he says, is to “analyze the data, identify patterns, and understand the dynamics occurring in the areas where the most incidents occur.”

Coordination. And to implement all this, the government will create two departments: the Undersecretariat of Intelligence and the Security Academy for police and prosecutors. “Security is a problem that requires shared responsibility and a common response,” Harfuch said, and one of the first measures to be taken will be the mobilization of federal authorities to Culiacán, where a real war will take place between the two factions of the Sinaloa cartel after the arrest. Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada in the United States.

Among the criticisms of Sheinbaum’s plan to end the violence at the national level are voices who point out that the local implementation of what happened in CDMX is not the same as at the state level, where security forces are located. security has less impact. There are also specific criticisms that suggest that the root of these problems is not the recruitment of uneducated young people into groups, but political and police corruption.

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