President Lpez Obrador States He is in Favor of a Pact Between Cartels and Missing Persons Search C

[Judi Lynn]

President López Obrador States He is in Favor of a Pact Between Cartels and Missing Persons Search Collectives

By El Huaso 5/30/2023 03:50:00 PM
By "El Huaso" for Borderland Beat

In today's Presidential morning conference, Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador stated that he is in favor of a negotiated pact between Mexican criminal organizations and missing persons search collectives in order to eliminate disappearances.

In the press questions portion of the morning conference, journalist Adriana Esthela Flores asked President López Obrador if he is favor of a pact between organized criminal groups and missing person search groups to end disappearances, to which the President responded that "he is in agreement" and that he "hopes it will achieve peace".

The proposed pact referenced is a message earlier this week from Delia Quiroa, a searching mother and activist for the disappeared, who addressed the leadership of nine criminal groups in Mexico, petitioning them to end disappearances. The letter, posted on Quiroa's Twitter page and read aloud on her YouTube channel, details the epidemic of disappearances in Mexico due to drug related violence and proposes a pact as a solution.

In the letter, Quiroa also focused on the Mexican government's role, arguing that "the majority of the political class (...) are dedicated to fabricating operations and siphoning government funds". The letter further details how criminal groups and victims of disappearances are similarly oppressed by the government through "abuses of power", and argues that criminal groups and Mexican society should "reconcile" and "join together" to end disappearances.

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