AMLO opened the possibility of amnesty to Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo: “I don’t want anyone to be in prison”

This Friday, security became the main topic of the morning lecture offered by the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who was asked about the comment that the legendary Mexican capo, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, the Boss of Bosses made about it.

In maintenance for Telemundo, last Tuesday, the founder of the Guadalajara cartel, declared that the federal president is a man of good will which fights against social inequalities and provides pensions.

“Thank you very much for your good wishes. I also want him to understand my situation, I want no one to suffer, no one to be in prison, I am a humanist, I am trained in the school of non-violence, but I have to uphold the laws, ” , said the president.

Faced with the specific question of whether he would grant amnesty to the drug trafficker, he replied: “He (Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo) because of his age due to illness, could already leave, but we have to see how. the decree of the prosecution is finalized.

In the past, López Obrador had proposed a decree to grant an amnesty to prisoners over 75 years old and suffering from illnesses. However, the measure did not include those accused of crimes of Drug traffic.

The president’s proposal to pardon the big bosses drew waves of criticism from citizens and politicians. Andrés Manuel ÓpLez Obrador said that this is a measure that must be taken with the consent of the families of the victims.

The opposition argued that the amnesty sets aside the harm criminal leaders have done to the country and the people who have died because of them. Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo He was sentenced to 27 years in prison for the 1985 murder of the undercover DEA agent, Enrique Kiki Camarena, who infiltrated the Guadalajara cartel to dismantle the world’s largest drug trafficking network.

The blind and deaf former boss said in a recent interview that he only hopes to die in peace.

Currently, Mexico has the highest rates of violence in recent history. The head of the Ministry of Citizen Security said the crime of intentional homicide was reduced by 0.04% in its monthly period, compared to the administration’s last year. previous.

In the January-July cumulative, he said the six states that record 50 percent of murder victims are Guanajuato, Baja California, Michoacán, Jalisco, State of Mexico and Chihuahua.

On July 20, the strategy instructed by the President of Mexico to expand the priority municipalities from 15 to 50 began, where localized actions are carried out through the Peacebuilding Tables, as well as the strengthening of operational intelligence and the territory of presence of the Armed Forces and Security.

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