translated from Spanish: Alleged criminals threaten SLP governor in video

Armed men who identified themselves as members of two cartels threatened the governor of San Luis Potosí through a video to unleash a wave of violence in the state if he does not agree to negotiate with them.
The video features four armed men and one more who read a message identifying themselves as members of the Gulf Cartel and the Germans, and pointing out that they are operating in the Potosina Huasteca area.
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“Governor Juan Manuel Carreras López, San Luis Potosí is going to burn in the last year of your six years. We recommend that you talk to your narco-government and tell security managers that you have that you can negotiate state peace with us,” the video reads.
San Luis Potosí will have elections in June 2021 to elect the positions of governor, state deputies, municipal presidents, trustees and councilors.
According to the message, the members of both cartels are in dispute with criminal groups currently operating in the area, so they asked the inhabitants of the state to “not be alarmed, that with you is not the lawsuit”.
They also threatened the Metropolitan Force of the Huasteca Region and the 40th Army Infantry Battalion for their security efforts against criminal groups.
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Between January and September of this year, 730 investigative folders have been opened in the state for the crime of murder, 3,000,249 for injuries and one thousand 84 for drug trafficking, according to figures from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Safety System.
In addition, 21 were recorded for femicide, 14 for kidnapping and 2,187 for threats.
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Original source in Spanish