[HIGHLIGHTS] The diplomacy of the bishops against drug crime in Mexico: “The Church plays an important role in the absence of the State”

The truces of criminal organizations in the State of Guerrero appear linked to the Catholic hierarchy. Priest Filiberto Velázquez points out that religious intervention must be understood as part of a complex process of negotiation.

It is diocesan realpolitik, unrelated in this case to moral issues or red lines. Guerrero is experiencing a period of extreme violence and religious people demand peace. At whatever price, writes Mónica González Islas. The Church has that mediating spirit on the continent,” says sociologist Bernardo Barranco.