Mexico's PAN demands end to 'policy of hugs for delinquency,' proposes mega-prison

Mexico's National Action Party (PAN) has unveiled a set of proposals aimed at combating organized crime and restoring peace in the country. Party president Jorge Romero Herrera outlined measures, including the controversial idea of life imprisonment for public officials found to be collaborating with criminal groups, emphasizing that "narco-politics" poses a significant threat to national security and public trust.

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One of the main rights of Mexicans is to live in peace. No family should have to live in fear, pay extortion, or feel alone against crime. Mexico deserves governments that confront criminals and have the courage to break any link between power and organized crime.

Central to PAN's security agenda is the construction of a high-security mega-prison. The party believes this facility would effectively isolate top criminal leaders, preventing them from continuing to direct illicit activities from behind bars. This move is presented as a necessary step to ensure "exemplary consequences" for those who have harmed the nation.

Romero Herrera asserted that these proposals are part of PAN's broader plan to return peace to Mexican families and rebuild state capacity through intelligence, technology, and institutional strengthening. He criticized the current administration's security approach, which he characterized as a "policy of hugs for delinquency" rather than a firm stance against criminals. "Mexico deserves governments that confront criminals and have the courage to break any link between power and organized crime," he stated.

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Mexico does not need more governments that protect criminals or authorities that look the other way. Mexico needs a state that defends families, enforces the law, and punishes with all firmness those who betray the country by allying with organized crime.

The party insists that effective security requires concrete governmental action and firm decisions, not just rhetoric or excuses. PAN argues that Mexico needs a state that defends its families, enforces the law, and punishes those who betray the country by aligning with organized crime, contrasting this with the current government's perceived inaction.

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after years of a slogan, not a security strategy, that has left the country mired in violence: 'hugs, not bullets'.