The majority of Mexicans endorse the participation of the armed forces in public security tasks in order to combat organized crime, even with evidence of corruption and military involvement in kidnappings and killings.
According to the survey prepared by Buendía and Márquez for El Universal, 51% of the Mexicans who participated in the survey said they were “very much in favor” of greater participation of the military in the fight against organized crime, and 29% stated “somewhat in favor”, while 10% said they were “very much against” and 7% “somewhat against”.
The survey carried out from August 18 to 23 throughout the country also reveals that for 55% of those interviewed, the increase in violence in the country constitutes a sign of the failure of the federal government’s security strategy, while that 40% consider it a sign of success.
In addition, 45% of those surveyed considered that the security strategy of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has made Mexico a less secure country, compared with 25% who believed that it has made the country safer. In turn, 26% of those interviewed considered that the presidential strategy has not affected the level of security in Mexico.
In the evaluation by areas, the work of President López Obrador to reduce insecurity in the country was described by 48% as “very bad/bad”, which represents a decrease of three percentage points since last May, when 51% answered negatively to the same question.
While 48% of those surveyed described the work of the federal president to reduce insecurity in Mexico as “very good/good”, which represents an increase of two percentage points compared to last May, which registered 46%.
Although the facts do not bear out for those who believe insecurity has been reduced.
Just this weekend, Zacatecas experienced a wave of violence in which drug blockades with burned vehicles were recorded on the highway from Fesnillo to Jerez, events that left at least one person dead.
Despite the fact that both the federal and local governments have minimized the events, other sectors of society such as employers, have warned that actions such as those that occurred over the weekend are “acts of terror that have had international attention” and affect tourism and investment.
The Employers’ Confederation of the Mexican Republic (Coparmex) expressed its concern about the violent events that took place over the weekend in Zacatecas and stressed that they are “acts of terror (which) have had an international audience” and highlighted that the response of countries such as the United States issuing recommendations to its citizens so that they avoid traveling to Zacatecas, “makes the arrival of visitors and investments even more difficult.”
Since the beginning of August, similar acts have been registered in Jalisco, Guanajuato, Ciudad Juárez (where the acts of criminal groups left at least 11 people dead when attacking the civilian population ), Baja California, Michoacán, Colima, and Zacatecas; Until now, the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador has not modified its security strategy and has continued to describe the events as minimal, overblown by media, and propaganda from the president’s rivals.
The majority of Mexicans endorse the participation of the armed forces in public security tasks in order to combat organized crime, even with evidence . . .
