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Sheinbaum dismisses fear of visiting Michoacán, highlights security efforts
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Sheinbaum dismisses fear of visiting Michoacán, highlights security efforts

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated she feels no fear visiting Michoacán, a state facing security challenges.
  • She affirmed the Mexican government maintains a constant presence in high-problem regions through operations and local authority meetings.
  • She highlighted efforts in Uruapan, including support for a municipal police barracks and analysis of a sports facility, and noted ongoing federal presence via security secretaries.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo asserted that she does not fear visiting Michoacán, a state grappling with significant security issues. She emphasized that the Mexican government is actively present in regions facing the most severe problems, employing a strategy that includes coordinated operations, regular meetings with local officials, and the implementation of federal programs.

I haven't been to the critical areas. I have been there with the municipal president of Uruapan, Grecia. We are even in contact via chat. What she has requested from us is attended to immediately.

— Claudia Sheinbaum PardoResponding to questions about her visits to specific security-challenged areas in Michoacán.

Addressing concerns about her recent visits to areas like Uruapan and Tierra Caliente, Sheinbaum clarified that the government's attention to these municipalities is continuous and not solely dependent on her personal visits. She highlighted her direct communication with Uruapan's mayor, Grecia Quiroz, with whom she stays in contact via chat, ensuring immediate attention to her requests. The President also noted that her administration is supporting Uruapan by constructing a barracks for its municipal police, a request made by Mayor Quiroz, and is considering funding a new sports facility for the town.

We are going to continue visiting Michoacán. The president goes all over the country, but the presence of the general secretary and the secretary of Security is there, who have attended Uruapan about three or four times.

— Claudia Sheinbaum PardoReassuring continued federal attention to Michoacán.

Sheinbaum further explained that her national tour schedule allows for federal presence to be maintained through the continuous engagement of the Secretary of Citizen Security and Protection, Omar García Harfuch, and the Secretary of National Defense, Ricardo Trevilla Trejo. Both secretaries have visited Michoacán multiple times and have held numerous meetings with municipal presidents. The President also acknowledged that combating extortion in Michoacán is a complex challenge requiring intelligence work and citizen cooperation, noting that a new law allows for anonymous reporting to address the crime more effectively. During her tour, she also planned to visit Cherán to oversee progress on the Plan de Justicia para el Pueblo Purépecha.

The issue of extortion is a complex issue... it requires work with greater intelligence and citizen participation. Now, with the law against extortion, it is no longer necessary to report directly to the prosecutor's office; with an anonymous report, it is attended to directly.

— Claudia Sheinbaum PardoDescribing the strategy and new measures to combat extortion in Michoacán.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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