AMLO asks not to be “manipulated” by drug traffickers who give away toys and food

The president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO)called on Tuesday not to be “manipulated” with gifts from criminal groups, after the dissemination of videos in which alleged drug traffickers are seen delivering toys in the city of Guadalajara (west).

“Don’t let yourself be manipulated, even if they give you groceries (meal), that is not in good faith, that is to use the people as a shield, manipulate the people, and that should not be allowed”said Lopez Obrador when questioned about said videos in his daily conference.

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Last Saturday, images of v were reproduced on social networksSeveral vans with Christmas decorations and in which individuals who delivered boxes and various items to residents traveled.

authorities of the state of Jalisco -whose capital is Guadalajara– reported that they have launched an investigation to determine who is behind these events, which occurred last Wednesday.

According to versions disseminated by local media, alleged members of the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel (CJNG) would have delivered food and toys to residents of a central sector of Guadalajara.

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AMLO maintained that it is a strategy of criminal groups so that residents alert them or prevent actions by the authorities against them.

“If cocaine is seized, the community comes out and protects the traffickers, even seeking to retain members of the Army, the National Guard, so that they do not carry out the action”he pointed.

He added that this practice “has been disappearing because people know that this is illegal and that crime should not be protected.”

But he acknowledged that efforts have been made to reactivate it in the face of drug seizures in his government, which have multiplied “like never before,” although he said that the figures will be released next week.

During the pandemic, according to the media, in different communities of Jalisco the delivery of groceries and other support by the CJNGone of the most powerful and violent of Mexico.

Also during the confinement, the distribution of food in boxes that had the image of the drug lord Joaquín printed on them was documented in Sinaloa (northwest) and Jalisco. “El Chapo” Guzman, sentenced to life in prison in the United States.

Source: Elcomercio

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