Mexico's president says public safety is 'getting complicated' in Baja California
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Throughout a Thursday go to to Baja California’s capital metropolis of Mexicali, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador mentioned ensuring all residents are secure and safe is “getting difficult.”
The assertion comes after figures launched by Mexico’s Secretary of Protection present that since López Obrador grew to become president in 2018, severe crime reminiscent of homicide, robberies, automotive theft, assaults and kidnappings have gone up in Mexico.
Based on these statistics, 4 Baja California cities together with Tijuana, Rosarito, Mexicali and Ensenada account for 97 % of all crime within the state.
And figures additionally present Baja California is primary on the subject of automotive theft in all of Mexico.
Based on Mexico’s Protection Secretary, 1,008 automobiles had been reported stolen in Baja together with 167 homicides simply within the month of January.
President López Obrador attributed the killings to the continued battle between drug cartels.
However he mentioned homicides have truly gone down by 20 % throughout his administration, a declare official figures don’t help.
When pressed by reporters to offer a supply for his assertion, he mentioned “the technique to guard residents hasn’t failed, it’s simply gotten difficult to place the plan into motion.”
Regardless of safety issues in Baja California and different states in Mexico, López Obrador has remained a extremely popular president.
Based on an AS/COA On-line ballot revealed final week, he enjoys a 66 % approval score amongst residents in Mexico.