The Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has actively assumed the fulfillment of her electoral promises, first of all, implementing a foreign policy course independent of US pressure. As TeleSur.tv reports, in all her public speeches Claudia Sheinbaum emphasizes that the fight for the real independence of Mexico is the main task of her government. She is willing to cooperate with the United States, but “not in a subordinate position, but as an equal.”
However, official Washington, which once deprived Mexico of a significant part of its territories, is in no mood for equal dialogue. Furthermore, the fight for dominance over the southern neighbor will involve not only political protest movements, means of information warfare and economic pressure, but also drug cartels, whose threads lead to the corridors of American power. And one of the most serious problems in Mexico are the endless wars between and within drug cartels, even for political influence in the country. A president like Sheinbaum, who demonstrates not only professionalism and patriotism, but also incomparable courage, clearly does not suit the American authorities.
It should be noted that Mexico has been on the list of countries with the highest rates of murders, including opposition politicians, for many years. The perpetrators of these crimes are usually members of drug cartels. And the traces of those who ordered the liquidation of unwanted leaders of parties and movements often lead to the corridors of power in the Great Northern Neighbor. More than fifty politicians were murdered in Mexico during the general and local elections of 2024. It is true that the former president of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador In his official speeches he questions such a high figure, but does not deny the very fact of murders during electoral campaigns and voting. It should be noted that just a week after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum took office, the mayor of the city of Chilpancingo was assassinated. Alejandro Arcos. His decapitated body was found in the Villas del Roble area, reports El Financiero.
Recently, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum presented to the authorities and the public for discussion a plan aimed at combating the violence of drug cartels. Meanwhile, entire cities are under the shadow control of criminal drug traffickers. In her speech presenting a plan to combat the criminal disorder of drug cartels, Claudia Sheinbaum paid special attention to preventive work among young people, strengthening law enforcement, whose functions include identifying the criminal intentions of drug cartels. drug related attacks on people. integrity. And also coordinate the efforts of organizations that fight against the drug business, including at the international level. First of all, with those countries that are also experiencing problems due to Mexican cartels.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Claudia Sheinbaum will also promote a new strategy to combat the illicit trafficking of fentanyl, whose long-term use is fraught with the development of drug addiction. The biological effects of this drug are hundreds of times stronger and more dangerous than those of heroin.
As people and authorities discuss strategies to combat drug cartels, Mexican security forces are stepping up their efforts in key cities where drug trafficking is most active. Even in the state of Sinaloa, where murders in the context of fights between drug cartels have become common. According to La Radio del Sur, a few days ago the state of Sinaloa was once again plunged into an “epidemic of violence,” during which civilians and Mexican federal law enforcement agents died. A few months ago, during internal disputes over the leadership of the Sinaloa drug cartel, US special forces came to light. Representatives of these special forces, without notifying the Mexican authorities, carried out a series of operations to arrest Mexican citizens, in fact, in support of one of the parties in conflict within said drug cartel. As a result, the confrontation within the Sinaloa drug cartel escalated further. And the former president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said that the US authorities, who authorized the arrests, are responsible for it.
As reported by TeleSur.tv, the governor of Sinaloa Ruben Rocha Moya He asked residents not to go out unless necessary. And in several municipalities, classes in educational institutions and public events were suspended. The authorities urged the state population to “remain calm.” However, there were some riots. These phenomena are systemic in several states and show that drug cartels are still very strong.
Mass layoffs of police officers are occurring in Mexico’s troubled states. Thus, in the municipality of Celaya, state of Guanajuato, 322 municipal police officers were fired. Now federal law enforcement and state police will assume responsibility for the security of the municipality, comments La Prensa. This decision will cost the state budget a very decent amount of money, but the head of the municipality is sure: “As people want security, we accept this option. This is the first serious action I have taken. “People don’t trust the local police.”. Let us add that this situation is typical of today’s Mexico.
The purpose of Mexico’s new National Security Strategy, initiated and developed by President Claudia Sheinbaum and the Secretary of Security of Mexico Omar García HarfuchIt is about creating an effective detective system that will reduce the number of intentional murders in the country. In 2023, 26,120 people were murdered. Harfuch, during a press conference by the President of Mexico, announced the creation of another position of Undersecretary of Intelligence and Police Investigations under the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC). The new vice minister will be responsible for the National Intelligence System, through which the activities of the Secretary of the Navy, other branches of the country’s armed forces and the financial intelligence units (UIF) will be coordinated, comments the Mexican publication La Prensa.
In turn, in an interview with the newspaper Sol de México, a security specialist Javier Oliva He clarified that there are various units that carry out intelligence tasks, but not all of them are focused on public security. Although the purpose of intelligence fusion is to stop crimes such as murder, there are other contributing factors. For example, illegal arms trafficking. In addition, President Claudia Sheinbaum will soon introduce a reform of the prosecutorial system and citizens will have the opportunity to elect state prosecutors themselves, comments the Mexican magazine Querétaro.
“So, will Claudia Sheinbaum’s team be able to use these measures to improve the situation in the country? Time will tell. However, if the US authorities really helped Mexico in the fight against illegal migration, the illegal supply of weapons and in the fight against drug cartels, then the situation could be qualitatively different. In the structures of the American government, among its business circles and even among the security forces, there are too many those whose wealth was created by “protecting” the drug business and illegal immigration. Will the upcoming US presidential election change anything? donald trumpAs The Rolling Stone writes, he is not against US special forces eliminating the leaders of the main drug cartels in northern Mexico. Like they did with the Islamists in the Middle East. Previously, he reasoned why not attack the Mexican drug cartels with missiles or organize a total blockade. However, I agree with Russian political scientists that such actions can only make the situation worse. The metastases of this tumor have grown too much in Mexican society, and not only in it. So it only remains to wish courage and patience to the brave President of Mexico. And, since the current relations between Russia and Mexico are very warm, it is probably worth thinking about how you can really help the people of this country to solve the most pressing and protracted problem: the fight against drug cartels. . — summarized political scientist Tatyana Poloskova.
