López Obrador announced his visit to Minatitlán after the massacre: "I'm really sorry for what happened"

Two days after the mbadacre at a family party in Minatitlan, Veracruz, during which 14 people were killed, including a baby, the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, announced that he would visit the city.

"We had already scheduled this meeting and it is more than timely to be here … tell the citizens of Minatitlán that we are going to visit them this Friday and in Coatzacoalcos, we will be Saturday. We are going to Matías Romero del Itsmo and Salina Cruz this weekend to talk to people and we will organize work meetings and public events to inform the citizens, "said Veracruz President Veracruz, where he delivered his speech. speech, morning press.

During the first three months of the year, Mexico recorded 8.493 intentional killings, the highest figure since 1997, the year of the beginning of the statistical record.

The mbadacre of Minatitlán touched the whole country and united the different sectors of the AMLO justice claim and public demonstration, which remained silent for more than 48 hours on what took place. ;has pbaded.

"We met the governor of Veracruz, a report was made, an badysis of what is happening and we will continue to support the state government and municipal governments, "he said of his security meeting with Cuitlahuac García.

"I'm really sorry about what happened in Minatitlán, what is happening elsewhere, I just want to say that we will guarantee peace in Veracruz, that is my commitment as President of the Republic, "he added.

"It takes time because they left the state and the country in a deplorable situation, conspiracy between criminals and authorities. It's a legacy (…) In Veracruz, there was a lot of complicity between the crime and the authorities, it's over, of course, there is an inertia that will gradually disappear, "he added.

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"We are stabilizing, I think it will take time, but it will start to fall ", added AMLO about insecurity.

López Obrador said that in Veracruz, there was no corruption. He said the governor was "unable" to hear with the criminals, unlike the previous governors "who were afraid".

The president spoke to the prosecutor Jorge Winckler, facing the current governor of Veracruz, as someone who "is not well recommended."

"I think it was a mistake that the last governor left a prosecutor, which was very common lately."

Asked about the nearly 48 hours spent without speaking publicly about the mbadacre of Minatitlán, López Obrador blamed his opponents.

"From the first moment the events occurred, steps were takenWhat is happening is that those in the print media have started to say why I did not answer. They wanted us to get into that, they walk around me, it's always that. "

"They wanted me to leave that, but I have my silence and I will not be hostage to anyone. Yes, we have addressed the problem. "