Hooded men stop Claudia Sheinbaum in Chiapas; AMLO accuses montage

CHIAPAS.- This Monday morning, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador accused that It was a “set up” which alleged hooded members of a self-defense group have intercepted to the presidential candidate Claudia SheinbaumIn Chiapas.

“Yes, it is most likely a setup. Very likely, because (he is) hooded, and if someone has a complaint, why would they wear a hood? “said the president in his morning conference.

Hooded men intercept Claudia Sheinbaum in Chiapas

Yesterday, Sunday, images of Claudia Sheinbaum in Chiapasan area that suffers from organized crime wavein the video it is observed that a group of hooded men intercepted to the candidate while she was traveling in her vehicle through the municipality of motorcycle.

The men asked him to “not forget” the border and the mountains of Chiapas. In addition to demand your support for end kidnappingsextortions and violations derived from disputes between drug trafficking cartels, according to the Latinus media, which was present during the event.

The newspaper Reforma reported that the men were armedwith black t-shirts, military hoods and caps with the image of capo Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada.

While the deputy Patricia Armendarizfrom Morena and Sheinbaum’s companion on the tour, stated in X that the hooded were from one of the cartels in conflict in the area taking care of their territory,” although he later deleted the message.

On her way to Tapachula, Claudia Sheinbaum was intercepted by hooded men at the entrance to the municipality of Motozintla, asking her to prevent that place from “being another disaster,” as is happening in Frontera Comalapa, a municipality that is under the control of the CJNG. pic.twitter.com/6UCpefNLZN

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AMLO accuses montage

However, López Obrador now commented that “it’s propaganda. “It’s most likely propaganda.”

“We have the information, yes they were hooded people those who stopped the truck, the car in which Claudia was traveling. (They were) recording, when these things happen, from the experience we have, we already know that it is very likely that be propaganda“, he pointed out.

The president questioned whether the incident occurred while Latinus, a journalist’s outlet, was present. Carlos Loret de Mola.

“They are capable of that (editing) and more, they are experts in editing and have no moral scruples,” he noted. Furthermore, he denied that the men were armed and promised to investigate.

“Yes (we must investigate), but I don’t think it is something serious, it is to achieve this purpose, and even I myself am contributing, (to generate) sensationalism, propaganda,” he indicated.

Answer Latinus

Through social networks, the platform noted that following “the President and his candidate considered it ‘strange’ that we were the only media present at that time and said that Latinus might have been behind the event, we expressed a resounding rejection of the statements. “irresponsible and insidious actions of the president and his presidential candidate, which put at risk the team of reporters and filmmakers of Latinus who cover his campaign with a single commitment: to report with objectivity and journalistic rigor.”

He indicated that “with this accusation, Sheinbaum makes it clear that his relationship with the critical media, if he wins the Presidency, will be the same as that the president has imposed from the Palace: disqualifications, insults, defamations, vendettas and abuse of power.” .

“In an effort to deny the situation of violence and insecurity, the Morena candidate now chooses to blame a media outlet instead of facing the reality of violence in the country she wants to govern and that she now had to experience firsthand. ”.

He accused that “the president, together with his candidate, prefers to induce suspicion when Latinus shows what the government and its propaganda apparatus refuse to see: that in Chiapas the law of criminal groups that have grown in his administration and “They dominate large territories of the country.”

Violence in Chiapas

Claudia Sheinbaum visited Chiapas this weekend, a state where indigenous people have denounced a “climate of war” due to disputes between drug trafficking cartels to control Mexico’s border with Central America.

Just this Saturday, the United States Embassy in Mexico issued a travel alert “due to increasing violence and security concerns in Chiapas.”

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