AMLO recognizes that it is necessary to improve security

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador commented that after the day of violence that took place in Zacatecas on Sunday night, it is still necessary to continue working on the state security strategy, although he denounced that said violence grew during previous governments.

“We are working in Zacatecas, together with the state government, and progress has been made, but more is needed. We already have better results than it was, due to the (security) plan that has been applied, it has not been in vain; however, more work is still needed,” he stated.

Faced with the wave of violence that hit the northern entity, the president indicated that the authorities reacted in time, after the attempted escape of prisoners from Cereso de Cieneguillas, and commented that “we are not going to stop giving people protection, it is our work”.

On the other hand, the president accused that the situation is complicated because the gangs were allowed to grow for a long time, for which his government is facing the consequences.

“It is not to justify us, but all these groups were created during the previous governments, they arose; they were even protected and more will be known when the trial of García Luna begins in the United States,” said the president.

Investigation of murdered control judge continues

Regarding the murder of the Zacatecas Judicial Control judge, Roberto Elías Martínez, the president expressed that he does not consider that it has a correlation with the attempted escape of prisoners from the Cieneguillas prison because his affairs had nothing to do with criminal activity.

“There is a version about a statement that he (Roberto Elías Martínez) made about some murders, as a citizen, because he recounted what happened in his neighborhood; but he was not linked to his work as a judge, ”said López Obrador.

For her part, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, head of the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, said that the judge suffered an attack when leaving his home and that, after being transferred to a hospital, he died.

He also mentioned that “various lines of investigation are being monitored… (which) is in charge of the state prosecutor’s office.”

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