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Mexico\u2019s president<\/a> said Thursday that the country\u2019s violent criminal gangs and drug cartels are essentially “respectful people” who “respect the citizenry” and mostly just kill each other.<\/p>\n

The claims by President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador are clearly at odds with the reality of millions of Mexicans who live in areas dominated by drug cartels<\/a>. The cartels routinely demand protection payments from local residents and kill or kidnap them if they refuse to pay.<\/p>\n

A reporter asked L\u00f3pez Obrador whether drug cartels behaved well when he visited the township of Badiraguato, Sinaloa \u2014 the hometown of imprisoned drug lord Joaqu\u00edn “El Chapo” Guzm\u00e1n, which he has controversially visited as president about a half dozen times.<\/p>\n

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“Always!” L\u00f3pez Obrador responded, adding that “Sometimes we come upon people who are strange, but respectful.”<\/p>\n

Continuing on the subject of drug cartels at his morning news briefing, L\u00f3pez Obrador said “There is something people should know.”<\/p>\n

“Fortunately, the attacks that happen in this country generally occur between (criminal) groups,” the president said. “They respect the citizenry.”<\/p>\n

L\u00f3pez Obrador has long refused to directly confront the cartels, who he claims were forced into criminality by a lack of opportunities. His “Hugs, not bullets” strategy offers job training programs for youths so they won’t become cartel gunmen.<\/p>\n

In the past, he has also appeared to normalize the gangs\u2019 presence, encouraging Mexicans to negotiate peace pacts among the cartels.<\/p>\n

But saying the cartels don’t attack common citizens takes the issue to a new level. Experts and rights activists say thousands of Mexicans have been forced from their homes by cartel violence and extortion, and thousands of business owners, taxi and bus drivers have been killed<\/a> for refusing extortion demands.<\/p>\n

Clandestine grave sites throughout Mexico are filled with the bodies of drug cartel victims.<\/p>\n

Thursday’s statements by L\u00f3pez Obrador come one week after he said he won\u2019t fight Mexican drug cartels on U.S. orders. In what the president called a “Mexico First” policy, he said “We are not going to act as policemen for any foreign government. Mexico First. Our home comes first.”<\/p>\n

Over the years, L\u00f3pez Obrador has laid out various justifications for his policy of avoiding clashes with the cartels. In the past he has said “you cannot fight violence with violence,” and on other occasions he has argued the government has to address “the causes” of drug cartel violence, ascribing them to poverty or a lack of opportunities.<\/p>\n

L\u00f3pez Obrador has also encouraged leaders of the Catholic church to try to negotiate peace pacts between warring gangs.<\/p>\n

Explaining why he has ordered the army not to attack cartel gunmen, he said in 2022 that “we also take care of the lives of the gang members, they are human beings.”<\/p>\n

He has also sometimes appeared not to take the violence issue seriously. In June 2023, he said of one drug gang that had abducted 14 police officers: “I\u2019m going to tell on you to your fathers and grandfathers,” suggesting they should get a good spanking.<\/p>\n

Asked about those comments at the time, residents of one town in the western Mexico state of Michoac\u00e1n who have lived under drug cartel control for years reacted with disgust and disbelief.<\/p>\n

“He is making fun of us,” said one restaurant owner, who asked to remain anonymous because he \u2014 like almost everyone else in town \u2014 has long been forced to pay protection money to the local cartel.<\/p>\n

L\u00f3pez Obrador has also made a point of visiting the township of Badiraguato in Sinaloa state at least a half dozen times, and pledging to do so again before he leaves office in September.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also a stance related to prickly nationalism and independence. Asked in November why he has visited the sparsely populated rural township so many times, L\u00f3pez Obrador quoted a line from a defiant old drinking song, “because I want to.”<\/p>\n

The president has also imposed strict limits on U.S. agents operating in Mexico, and limited how much contact Mexican law enforcement can have with them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/amlo-calls-gangs-cartels-respectful-people-respect-the-citizenry <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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