Tapachula, Chiapas.- The main city on the southern border of Mexico, Tapachula, has become the municipality with the highest perception of insecurity in the countryin the midst of organized crime’s dispute to control drug and human trafficking from South America, activists say.
Nine out of 10 inhabitants of this city, 91.9% perceive that this city is insecurewhich places it in first place nationally in the National Urban Public Security Survey (ENSU) published this week by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi).
Roberto Alejandro García, representative of businessmen of the Pedestrian Path in Tapachula, assured EFE that the municipality is one of the most insecure in the country for the last three years due to crime and the lack of control of migrants on the southern border.
The business leader asserted that “lately They kill people even in the centerwhether with bullets, machetes, stabbings, and not only in the center, but in all the surrounding areas and neighborhoods (neighborhoods).”
“Now, currently, There are deaths every day in Tapachulabecause the authorities are not able to cover Tapachula. We have 20 years with the same number of elements that monitor, that is an irresponsibility of the state and federal government,” he said.
Tapachula, between a drug war and the migratory flow
Tapachula is the second largest city in Chiapas, a southern border state where the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) warned on Monday in a statement by a “civil war” scenario due to the forced displacement, homicides and forced disappearances that occur due to organized crime disputes.
On the other hand, the mayor of Tapachula, Yamil Melgar Bravo stated last week that the municipality concentrates 60% of the migrants in Mexico, where irregular migration rose 193% year-on-year in the first half of the year to exceed 712,000 people nationwide, according to the Government’s Migration Policy Unit.
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Teodoro Vazquez Castillosecretary general of the Revolutionary Workers Federation of the State of Chiapas, lamented that all citizens are worried because they perceive security as “horrible.”
“One of the factors is the migration and the rest, I don’t know if it brings the rise of drugs, smuggling of women (human trafficking), of migrants who are extorted. All the gangs from the north came to operate in Tapachula, I don’t know if there is no authority that can stop it,” he said.
Promise of care
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, denied this Tuesday that there is an atmosphere of “war” in Chiapas, where he asserted that his Government is working to “ensure that there is no displacement and to pacify and avoid extortion and crimes that are occurring.”
But he director of the Center for Human Dignification (CDH), Luis Rey García Villagrán, pointed out that the southern border faces a crisis in insecurity and human rightsbecause citizens do not have confidence in any of the police forces, the streets are in darkness and the surveillance cameras never work.
“Los robberies from pedestrianslas extortionslas executionsthe shootings, the mass kidnappingsexpress kidnappings that did not exist, there are many canteens, drug sales,” he stated.
The activist considered that in Tapachula there is a fluctuating population of 70,000 unregistered people of more than 20 nationalities, which is why “corrupt” police officers, he denounced, take advantage of migrants.
The director of the ‘Belén’ shelter, César Augusto Cañaveral, asked for security for the migratory shelter, which also fears being a victim of organized crime. EFE
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The content you’ve shared appears to discuss a serious situation involving migrants in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, highlighting concerns regarding insecurity and human rights crises. Teodoro Vazquez Castillo, the secretary general of the Revolutionary Workers Federation of Chiapas, expresses deep worry about the local security situation, pointing out issues related to migration, drug trafficking, and human trafficking.
He notes that gangs from northern Mexico have moved into Tapachula, suggesting a lack of effective authority to counter these threats. In response to the situation, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has denied that there is a “war” atmosphere in Chiapas, insisting that the government is working to ensure no mass displacement occurs and that they are taking steps to reduce extortion and crimes.
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