Security strategies of Felipe Calderón and AMLO

With a six-year term in between, the security strategies of former President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador commonly face to face with the apparent discrepancy that supposes, on the one hand, the war against drug trafficking of the PAN and, on the other hand, the recognized slogan of “hugs, not bullets” of the Morenista. For many years, the strategy implemented by Calderón Hinojosa has been strongly criticized, considering that, although he had a good intention in trying to dismantle organized crime groups, it ended up failing resoundingly, which was proven with the exponential increase in homicides. According to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), during the six-year term of the former PAN member there was an average annual rate of 18 deprivations of life per 100,000 inhabitants, being the most violent year of his mandate in 2011, when 24 homicides per 100,000 people were registered as an average annual rate. Read more: What if we give them nintendos? Chumel Torres criticizes AMLO for minimizing the sale of girls in GuerreroThe agency’s figures indicate that, between 2007 and 2012, there were 122,448 homicides throughout the Mexican republic. It is worth mentioning that, during the fight against drug trafficking undertaken by Felipe Calderón, the states that most concentrated the criminal acts were, in the first place, Chihuahua, followed by Sonora, Durango and Oaxaca.For his part, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, from the beginning of his administration has proposed to attack the causes that give rise to young people joining drug trafficking groups, that is why it has implemented social programs aimed at this age group.” To take away the bases of support from criminals, who cannot hook young people. That the assassination is not encouraged, that is, that young people or people for money are able to take the life of a human being, another person, “said the head of the Federal Executive Branch last year when reaffirming that his strategy of “hugs and not bullets” will continue. However, much has been criticized for the increase in homicides and other crimes related to criminal groups that has occurred in the last three years, since López Obrador took office as president of the republic. According to figures from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System, from December 2018 to October of this year, there are more than 100,300 homicides throughout the country, of which 99,569 correspond to intentional homicides and more than 2,800 to femicides. Read more: I was asked to incriminate Peña Nieto and Videgaray: Rosario Robles affirms that she is a political prisoner of AMLOThe head of the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection announced that, half of the more than 25 thousand homicides registered so far in 2021, the states of Guanajuato, Baja California, Michoacán, State of Mexico, Chihuahua and Jalisco concentrate this crime. Ricardo Anaya questions AMLO’s fight against corruption and his visit to the UN

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