PAN Party Demands Investigation into Assassination of Oaxaca Municipal President
Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
At a glance
- The national leadership of the PAN party condemned the assassination of the municipal president of San Miguel Amatitlán, Oaxaca, Joel Ángel Bravo Martínez.
- PAN called for a prompt, exhaustive, and transparent investigation to clarify the case, highlighting Mexico's severe insecurity crisis.
- The party criticized the federal government's security strategy, calling the "hugs, not bullets" approach a failure and stating that crime operates with greater impunity.
Mexico's National Action Party (PAN) has strongly condemned the assassination of Joel Ángel Bravo Martínez, the municipal president of San Miguel Amatitlán, Oaxaca. Bravo Martínez was shot and killed inside his home on Saturday morning, June 13th. The PAN is demanding a swift, thorough, and transparent investigation to bring those responsible to justice.
Action National expresses its most sincere condolences to his family, friends, collaborators, and the entire community of San Miguel Amatitlán. We stand in solidarity with their pain and reiterate our support in these difficult times.
In a statement released by party leader Jorge Romero, the PAN asserted that this killing underscores the severe insecurity crisis gripping Mexico. The party extended its deepest condolences to Bravo Martínez's family, friends, colleagues, and the entire community of San Miguel Amatitlán, expressing solidarity during this difficult time. The PAN emphasized that this crime cannot be viewed as an isolated incident.
This adds to a long list of homicides, attacks, and acts of violence that have affected authorities, candidates, political leaders, and citizens throughout the national territory, due to the incapacity of the Federal Government to guarantee minimum security conditions.
The party argued that Bravo Martínez's murder adds to a long list of homicides, attacks, and acts of violence targeting officials, candidates, political leaders, and citizens across the country. They attributed this to the federal government's alleged inability to guarantee basic security conditions. The PAN declared that Mexico is experiencing its most violent period in recent history, with unprecedented levels of homicides and disappearances, and entire regions under the control of organized crime.
The 'hugs, not bullets' strategy has failed. The facts show that crime operates with greater force, greater impunity, and greater capacity for intimidation than ever before.
The PAN specifically criticized the federal government's security policy, labeling the "hugs, not bullets" strategy a failure. They stated that current events demonstrate that criminal groups operate with greater force, impunity, and intimidation than ever before. The party warned that the risk extends beyond officials and political figures, endangering millions of Mexican families. The PAN concluded by demanding accountability and urging authorities to ensure that justice is served and that violence is no longer normalized in Mexico, stating that the memory of Joel Bravo Martínez demands truth and justice.
Violence cannot continue to be normalized in Mexico. The memory of Joel Bravo Martínez demands truth, justice, and a real commitment to regaining the security that Mexican families deserve.
Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.