Mexico’s President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum defended President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s policy of non-violence toward drug cartels on Tuesday (17), commenting on the violence that resulted in the deaths of at least 35 people in Sinaloa, in the northwest of the country.
“The question is whether we get into a violent confrontation with these groups. What would happen if there was a violent confrontation? Probably more violence. So it’s a different strategy. Maybe it’s not exactly waiting for the groups to stop fighting each other. Just what’s being done now, which is to protect the population,” Sheinbaum said.
Sheinbaum will become the first woman to command Mexico’s armed forces when she assumes the country’s presidency on October 1.
Violence in Sinaloa forced Governor Rubén Rocha Moya to suspend the Grito de Independencia celebration, and classes at all levels were canceled for two days last week.
López Obrador’s “Hugs, not bullets” policy to confront the cartels has drawn criticism, which the president rejects.
A letter released Tuesday by Genaro García Luna, Mexico’s former public security secretary convicted of collaborating with organized crime, mentions allegations of alleged ties between the Mexican government and drug trafficking leaders. López Obrador denies the allegations.
This content was originally published in Claudia Sheinbaum defends the strategy of non-violence against Mexican cartels on the CNN Brasil website.
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