translated from Spanish: We have controlled the violence, said AMLO insulated the

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said to you have been to reverse the upward trend in the number of killings during his Government, since is not already followed the same “wrong strategy” in six former security matter.
The President was questioned about the daily statistics on killings by journalist Jorge Ramos, before which asserted that the situation has been controlled and although the problem is not solved, levels have been maintained or has reversed the trend on the crime of killings.
“We have controlled the situation, according to our data,” said the President.
The journalist questioned its security strategy to warn that follow the rate of homicides that occur, 2019 will be the most violent year in Mexico.
– But there are no results – Ramos said.
President: Of course that yes there are results.
-The figures indicate that it continues to increase the number of murders: 8 thousand 524 in the first three months – Ramos said.
President: They have not increased.
-Of course, that they have increased. Of course Yes – responded the reporter.
President: I have other information.
-They are figures of his own Ministry of security.
President: Yes, but I I invite you to review them.
The President and the reporter reviewed the daily numbers of homicides, however, Lopez Obrador did not have total figures to compare them with Jorge Ramos. It pledged to hand them over.
“I’m not saying, make it clear, that the problem (of killings) is resolved. I’m saying that we have maintained the levels that existed before or reversed the trend that we brought about the crime of homicide. We will little by little,”said Lopez Obrador.
“They left us a country with much violence because there was impunity and much corruption, that there is no”.
Lopez Obrador insisted that he are committed to lowering the levels of violence, and recalled that he already did so when he was head of Government of the city of Mexico. “What I want now, it is a commitment that I have,” he said.
 
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Original source in Spanish