The Church reprimanded the AMLO government for blaming previous administrations for their acts of violence

The Mexican Catholic Church warned Sunday that the new government's measures to fight wave of violence from the country "they are not enoughand he asked "do not slide the bulge" of the problem.

"Insecurity and corruption they became the two main fights of the new government and society; however, it seems that actions undertaken until today are not enough"said the Archdiocese of Mexico City.

In an editorial published in the weekly Faith, the Church asked "What remains to be done? What are we doing wrong?How can we help solve those problems that hurt us the most? ".

And he warned the president Andrés Manuel López Obradorwho took power on December 1, that "we can not hide behind the responsibility of the Past administrations because that would be drain of the problem. "

The church felt Palm Sunday was "the perfect time to stop on the way, evaluate our actions and to be reconciled with God. "

In this line, he invited "the governors, the politicians and all the authorities who watch over security to do reflection on the situation of our country, and the actions that are carried out. "

For the Church, violence is "a reflection of problems that have not been solved: lack of education, lack of good jobs and opportunities, poverty, corruption and impunity, among others. "

"Behind every act of violence lies a storyand that the government and society do not participate properly, "said the archdiocese in the editorial.

Increase in violence in Mexico

Since 2015, there has been an annual decline in peace indices from Mexico. According to the Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP), this has reduced a 21% in three years.

Despite the fact that this figure represents an increase in the national 14% killings, 2019 is about to break the record of violence the last year of the former president's government Enrique Peña Nieto.

Official figures confirm that so far, in the López Obrador administration, they have registered 11,728 deaths by voluntary homicide, a despicable step in Mexico.

The information provided by the Executive Secretariat of the National Security System shows that 90 Mexicans are killed daily.

Despite the archives, the Mexican president has repeatedly stated that the figures for homicides have not increased, something that Friday, the reporter Jorge Ramos refuted it.