2024-07-20 06:52:13
Dressed in black and with white candles lit, inhabitants Baja Californiathey demanded a stop the violence during a peaceful demonstration at the Cuauhtémoc monument in the Zona del Río in Tijuana.
Relatives of victims of violence in the state also responded to this call for security that took away a loved one from them. Enough is enough!, they demanded in the face of the wave of crime that prevents them from going out into the street with confidence and that has cost the lives of so many people.
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“I was born in Tijuana and this candle means peace and I want peace for the people of Tijuana,” María Lourdes Villatorres told local media.
Roberto Quijano Sosa, president of the Baja California Citizen Security Council (CCSEBC), highlighted the significant presence of civil society and the business sector during the Vigil for Security held in response to the increase in crime rates in BC.
“As citizens and as an organized civil society, it is our responsibility to get involved, demand and speak out in terms of security, but it is also necessary to propose and participate, especially in the implementation of preventive programs and to be part of them, as requested by many neighborhoods in Tijuana,” he said.
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The businessman complained that there is little success in the lack of coordination and targeted preventive programmes.
Civil and business organizations joined in on Wednesday in similar events in Mexicali, Tecate, Rosarito and Ensenada.
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