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From the narco-state to the armed conflict

2020-08-17T15:43:18.685Z


Is it not necessary to discuss the conditions of the confrontations between the armed forces and the drug cartels and the ways in which the population should be protected?


A National Guard agent at a checkpoint in Irapuato, in the state of Guanajuato, on July 17. Monica Gonzalez / El País

On August 7, President López Obrador declared that Mexico had been a narco-state. For him, such a situation arose from the coexistence between some police authorities and public servants with the drug cartels. The reaction to his words was almost immediate. Beyond the proximity or distances with former presidents Calderón and Peña and with their respective work teams, practically no one accepted such a qualification. Some columnists rightly noted the obvious differences between states such as Afghanistan, Guinea Bissau or Kosovo and ours. OR...

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