This raises the basic questions. “If they intend to specify smuggling who are drugists, whether they include Americans as part of these networks? Famous but also trading, money laundering, smuggling weapons and other networks. ” The structures, many of them are founded in the United States. There is a huge complexity in determining where a cartel starts and where it ends. Therefore, there is dispersion of entities, organizations and relationships on both sides of the border related to drug trafficking. , to talk about Zavala argue that this term is not supported by concrete evidence;
According to Zavala, the story that allows characters like President Trump to use the concept of drug terrorism as a tool to threaten, threaten and blackmail against the Mexican government. “Instead of describing the reality, drug terrorism is based on spooky concepts, based on political ghosts used to force Mexico to obey Washington's interests.”
The executive executive of the military intervention in Mexico
Military interventions on the Mexican territory by selective intrusion to cause damage to corporations is what has been on the US radar screen for a long time. However, analysts think that this will be a push for the Trump administration.
“By using the concept of drug terrorism, the US government gives the right to military intervention in Mexico. It is a very complicated thing, because that way will seriously damage the relationship that. The bilateral system is very fragile. “I believe that in addition to the courage, the Mexican government is generally associated with each other because in the end, our security policy is always dependent and violated, even being deposed by the United States.”
This Wednesday, Mexican President, Claudia Sheinbaum, said the Foreign Minister, Juan Ramón de La Fuente, had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. She did not provide detailed information about the conversation, but said it was “a very intimate conversation” and they discussed “migration and security issues”. Rubio said that he wanted any actions and decisions made from Washington must have the consent and cooperation of the Mexican government.
“Cartel does not exist”
Oswaldo Zavala (Ciudad Juarez, 1975) specializes in Mexican narration and has a different vision of drug phenomenon in Mexico. He said that the image of the corporations has been exaggerated and sponsored by the State. Author of The fantasy drug war of the United States – Mexico: State power, organized criminals and political history of stories (1975–2012)Explain to Wired that the anti -drug trafficking battle is often built on unreasonable, contradictory and unreasonable concepts, gradually creating an imaginary image that shows drug trafficking in a worthy way. alarm.
“The US government has managed ingeniously to create a long list of concepts, monsters and criminal agents not only dominating public debates in the United States but also in Mexico. Therefore, when Americans want it, one organization or another will become the center of the discussion, for example, in the 1980s, it is Guadalajara Cartel, with characters like Rafael Caro Quintero and MiGuel Angel Felix Gallardo. In the 1990s, the central character was El Chapo Guzman, and then Amado Carrillo today, the conversation revolves around Fentanyl and above all Sinalelel, “Zavala explained.
Zavala argues that stories used by the US government are ways to simplify a complex issue, bringing a common meaning to the debate that will have been much more complicated. “If we consider the majority of drug consumption in the United States, there are organizations in that country that create favorable conditions for trading, money laundering and in many cases is even more dangerous. The organizations in Mexico. At that time, these stories became much more complicated for the panoramic picture of Mexico to simplify the situation, considering Mexico as the main enemy of US security. , the US government can intervene not only in terms of media but also in politics and diplomacy.
He warned: “As a citizen, we must be very careful with the stories created from Washington.” “It is essential to learn how to analyze them seriously and away from what we hear. This process is not easy and fast, because unfortunately, not only the Mexican government repeats the sentences. This story that the media also copies them, and sometimes the organizations and other factors promote them. Nursing these ideas: today there is already. race About Fentanyl, about 'Chapitos' and about the criminal empires are said to be of corporations. It is difficult to get rid of all of this. ”
A battle that made more than 100,000 people miss
More than 100,000 people have been missing in Mexico since 1964, when the count began. The national registration agency about the missing and missing people for months has exceeded this figure, this is evidence of the serious situation in this country. Most of these people have been registered since 2006, when the government of Felipe Calderón, who brought the army to the streets to combat the violence of organized criminals, started.
“The most serious impact of the anti -drug policy we have suffered in Mexico for decades. More than half a million murders since the start of militaryization under President Calderon, more than 100,000 cases Missing forced. We know that all that violence has been removed. ” , above all, against brown, racisted young people, poor, living in the most difficult areas of the country, ”Zavaala said, who was surprised when people were alert to what Trump said . “As if we have not lived for many years, a wave of really serious violence in the country.”
According to the researcher, military violence is often shown as a form of social control, which is a form of violence management. “You will not see militaryization in areas like Condesa or Roma, but in the outskirts of Mexico, in the poorest areas. The poorest residence, where there is not even enough water. ” The supervision of the media or human rights organizations, “Zavaala said.
Zavala said, what surprised us was that the high violence rate we were experiencing, the foundation for what was happening, not for things that didn't happen. He said: “I think we still do not fully understand that this violence has a clear class aspect. It is not a common violence but is systematized and targeted at the most vulnerable components in society. ”
Solution: Demilitenization of the country
The decision of Calderón 16 years ago, assigning the army to ensure public security in some areas of the country showed us the deadly consequences of it. Both Enrique Peña Nieto and Andrés Manuel Latez Obrador are committed, in their corresponding election campaigns, will return peace, security and civilization to us. However, when they were in power, both made a proposal to consolidate, approve the law and even the constitutional reform, the publicized public security model. The situation does not seem to change under the Claudia Sheinbaum government.
In this way, the recent presidents of Mexico have maintained the policy of “peace and security” based on the militaryization strategy, justifying it because the police corporations are considered incompetent. Activities to confront organized criminals.
“I agree with the view that drugs need to be criminalized, addicted to be treated, all of that. But in my opinion, most of the violence in Mexico is not necessarily related to drug trafficking but regarding the military experience. And I think there is experimental data that definitely support this idea. We know that there is a militaryization process 'first' and 'after' in Mexico, “Zavaala explained. “Before the implementation of the army, our murder rate has decreased nationwide and has a direct relationship between the occupation of the army, the presence of the armed forces and the increase in murders. People and forced disappearance. “