Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday blamed drug use and gang fighting for the massacre that left seven people dead, including a minor, at a public swimming pool in the state of Guanajuato.
When there is drug consumption, there are more homicides, more violence. The case of Guanajuato is that, unfortunately», said the Mexican president, who once again defended the implementation of social policies, beyond coercive ones, to tackle this problem.
There is a fight between groups, between gangs, for this market, and that is why there are constant confrontations and murders,» said López Obrador, who explained that among the causes of this consumption is also the need of many workers to combat the fatigue caused by long working days.
When I said ‘hugs, not bullets’ I was considered a Martian. It has been demonstrated that strategies that use only force do not work», he said during his usual morning appearance before the media, where he once again pointed the finger at former president Felipe Calderón and his »irresponsible» war against drug trafficking.
The so-called ‘Merida Plan’, the cooperation of the United States with Mexico, which basically consisted in sending us weapons, even contraband, with the ‘Fast and Furious’ operation. The failed result. No, we are going to continue with the welfare policy», emphasized the Mexican president.
If we manage to reduce drug consumption, we will be guaranteeing tranquility in families and peace in our country», explained López Obrador, who has made it a priority to »attend to the causes» why young people resort to drug consumption.
This has to do with a different conception from what is generally applied all over the world, of wanting to solve social and cultural problems with coercive measures, wanting to face violence with violence, when we have to face it by doing good,» he said.
López Obrador pointed out that they are going to reinforce awareness campaigns, as well as cooperation policies with the United States to stop, for example, the consumption of fentanyl. However, he expressed that there are different conceptions in both administrations on how to deal with this situation.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
