In Sinaloa, the government has ceded power to the drug dealer, according to the Washington Post

Sinaloa was a battleground in 2019. That year, the armed forces attempted to capture Ovidio guzman, head of the Sinaloa Cartel hi from Joaquin the Chapo Guzman. There have been months of clashes, assassinations and internal strife.

But suddenly things calmed down. In 2018, there was a “miracle” or what many experts call a possible clandestine arrangement between the authorities and the cartel led by Ishmael the Mayo Zambada and the children of Chapo. Rubén Rocha Moya, governor-elect of the entity, fed this hypothesis. Maybe peace has come to Sinaloa because of the pacts between the government and drug traffickers that would guarantee some order.

Perhaps, this cannot be said with certainty, but the future governor himself has given colors to believe it. As the newspaper warns Washington post, fingernail pax narca that could be the solution to the deaths in Mexico.

Rubén Rocha Moya, questioned by an alleged agreement with him organized crime, decided to leave space for drug trafficking and not to disturb it in its illegal operation, at least he suggested so when asked about his security plans in the entity .

The President of the State, like his friend, the President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, insisted on the marked “hugs, not bullets” strategy, which so far has failed to reduce high levels of violence. He will promote a plan in which he will improve the salaries, benefits and life insurance of police officers.

Organized crime experts assure that, without exception, the arrangements between the authorities and drug traffickers suffer from a flaw, as it is not a pure exchange of peace, but rather tolerance for drug traffickers. drugs and money for the officials involved.

In your opinion column The danger of not taking action against narco in Sinaloa, the American newspaper stresses that the agreements with the criminals depend on the relations with the government, which results in a corrupted security system. Therefore, it does not seem like a good strategy to come to terms with criminals to reduce violence. “Pax narca always ends with little peace and a lot of narco.”

How did he let it be known Infobae Mexico before the electoral elections of June 6, the change of government in Sinaloa was allegedly favored by alleged members of the entity’s only hegemonic criminal group, which operated to launch the so-called Fourth Transformation project, led by Rubén Rocha Moya.

At Badiraguato, the cradle of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the Chapo, and other major drug lords, the criminal group is believed to be behind the kidnapping of Luis Alonso Iribe, 50, brother of Guadalupe Iribe, candidate for the municipal presidency of the PRI-PAN-PRD alliance.

“There cannot be a state narco and a municipality narco more than there already was,” said Mario Valenzuela, between tears and anger, referring to the kidnapping of his brother-in-law.

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