

Mexico President André Manuel López Obrador is urging calm after his country was rocked by several days of cartel-fueled violence.
“I want to tell the people of Mexico to be calm, that there is governance, there is stability,” López Obrador said during an address from the National Palace in Mexico City.
The president then suggested his adversaries, “the conservatives,” were trying to amplify the situation for their own agenda.
“At the same time, there is an interest on the part of our adversaries, the conservatives, to magnify things, to do tabloid, sensationalist journalism,” he said. “I don’t know if there was a connection, a hidden hand, if this had been set up. What I do know is that our opponents, the corrupt conservatives, help in the black propaganda.”
Days of widespread drug cartel arson and shootings in four states last week have killed at least 11 people, including a young boy and four radio station employees who were randomly shot on the streets of the border city of Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas on Thursday.
Two days earlier, more than two dozen convenience stores owned by a well-known national chain were set ablaze in the northern state of Guanajuato. Cars and buses were commandeered and burned in neighboring Jalisco state. And two dozen vehicles were hijacked and set on fire in cities on the California border Friday.
The federal government deployed soldiers and National Guard troops to calm residents’ fears, but the outbursts of violence raised questions about López Obrador’s approach of putting all responsibility for security in the hands of the military rather than civilian police forces.
Over the weekend, U.S. government employees in Tijuana, Mexico were instructed to stay sheltered and out of public places as a precaution.
“The U.S. Consulate General Tijuana is aware of reports of multiple vehicle fires, roadblocks and heavy police activity in Tijuana, Mexicali, Rosarito, Ensenada and Tecate,” the consulate said. “U.S. government employees have been instructed to shelter in place until further notice.”
more recommended stories
Influencers in Mexico: a sector worth $15 million US dollars a year
We see them everywhere: promoting a.
Man attacks woman with acid and is arrested for attempted femicide in Cancun
A man was arrested in Paseos.
Tho’ Park in Merida, without Environmental Impact Studies: Sustainable Development Unit
The controversial Tho’ Park project does.
Shopping in Merida has never been so expensive; these are the top 10 most expensive cities in Mexico
The president of the National Chamber.
Shooting attack against journalist in Cancun
On the night of Thursday, January.
285 cases of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s are officially registered in Yucatan by the IMSS
The increased life expectation of Yucatecans.
More land for the Maya Train Project, 4 plots of land expropriated in southern Quintana Roo
A new decree was published on.
A man reported missing in Uman was found OK in Cancun
A 30-year-old man, named Alberto Manuel.
Mexicans allocate an average of 25 thousand pesos a year in pet food and other expenses
Dogs and cats are the best.
Cancun Mayor Ana Patricia Peralta declared “I am not going to allow a small group to damage our reputation”
Local taxi drivers throughout Cancun have.
Leave a Comment