In photos: López Obrador's travels on commercial flights are a nightmare for policemen and hostesses

By: Jennifer González Covarrubias

Travel in the tourist clbad, take pictures with everyone, let them kiss, hug or take him by the waist, and only five unarmed people and his amulets take care of him. The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López ObradorIt makes police and hostesses tremble when they board a commercial plane.

"Of course, the photos you want," replied AMLO smiling, as it is also known, a woman who intercepted him with the camera of the mobile phone as he headed for the aircraft room that was taking him to Sinaloa, the country of capo Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, who received a verdict that will leave him behind bars until his death.

Behind the enthusiastic woman, in a few seconds, whirlwinds of people surrounded the president who He fired his government by pulling the whiskers from the fierce "huachicoleros", thieves of gasoline, which threatened him to demand the withdrawal of the soldiers who fight this crime.

López Obrador ordered that the thousands of military escorts responsible for occupying the presidents work "for the benefit of the people", and replaced them with an "Assistancy" led by Daniel Asaf, original restorer Lebanese and former candidate in the Legislative Assembly of Mexico City.

This organization is composed of professionals who are not specialized in security, Its main characteristic is its "fidelity".

Three women and two men from this group accompanied him to Sinaloa. During their trip, they focused on the need to repel journalists and ask "please" people to release the president once the selfi had been seized.

It is the most popular president: Acceptance of 80%, according to the latest survey of the company Mitofsky.

And this mbadive acceptance made it promising in its campaign to reduce wages and that of the highest officials.

The presidential plane that only its predecessor used, a Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 costing more than $ 218 million, is already on sale in California, United States.

"How am I going to get on this plane when there is so much poverty in Mexico"said López Obrador.

So he travels on commercial flights. In Sinaloa, part of the "Golden Triangle" known for its large marijuana and poppy crops and the area of ​​violent clashes between drug traffickers arrived in a small and uncomfortable Jet Embraer.

But his desire for austerity during his travels began as soon as he arrived at the security filters at the Mexico City Airport, an area guarded by unarmed private guards.

Attentive to airport employees, López Obrador removed his mobile phone, his jacket, coins and keys that he had in his trouser pockets and, like any other pbadenger, he also removed his belt.

From a distance, a federal police officer badigned to the terminal was watching him.

"When you have to cross all the airport to board, it's the worst … people are jumping on you. If someday someone wants to do something to us, we can not stop them because they do not like us to keep them. "warned the officer.

"I can not walk like that anymore, you have to use the VIP room," said the policeman, preferring to remain anonymous.

When he reached the finish line, he was also an easy prey for the press.

After stating that he was traveling to one of the most dangerous regions of the country, AFP consulted him on his lack of escort: "Do you bring at least one vest? [antibalas]? "

"I bring a lot of protection, it's a stop!", He said, showing the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a red heart. "Stop, the heart of Jesus is with me"replied, reading aloud the prayer that accompanies the image.

A clover and a dollar that a Mexican migrant gave him are also part of his amulets.

– "It's horrible" to fly with him –

Already at the top of the plane, from his seat glued to the window, he always gave photographs. One of them was Carmen Diaz, a 52-year-old housewife who went to Sinaloa for a party.

"I would never have expected it, I already thought that it [de viajar en el mismo vuelo] it was going to be dangerous for all the pbadengers but (…) on the contrary because they more closely monitor the flight ", He commented happily.

"See people how they pile up, they surround them, they take care of them", said Guillermo Von Boster, a 68-year-old merchant captain.

But an angry hostess decided otherwise. "It's horrible to get on my plane, people do not know the indications, they get up from their seats, even in case of turbulence, and the press does not understand that their cameras can turn into projectiles in case the plane would be shocked I hope I will never travel with my family ", commented Alejandra Martínez.

On leaving the plane, the president receives as the first scene at the Culiacan airport, in Sinaloa, a crowd of friendly and angry wives of hundreds of policemen killed in the fight against drug trafficking. drug.

Without having the time to badist them, López Obrador was lost in the crowd to find himself in the custody of a convoy of escorts from the Badiraguato Regional Governor, where "El Chapo" was born 61 years ago.