2024-04-04 14:15:07
The electoral violence escalated in the first quarter of 2024, where at least 74 violent acts against politicians, candidates, officials and former officials, ranging from murders and attacks, to kidnappings and disappearances, according to the draft Civic Data, Voting between Bullets.
These attacks represent an increase of 24 percent, compared to the same period in 2021, which has been reported as the most violent electoral process in recent years, and where They counted 38 cases.
Although the elections are until June and the total number of candidates has not yet been defined, the wave of murders is advancing. dand agree with a count from this diary, this year they have murdered 17 aspirants to an elected position, which averages five per month.
Guerrero has become the most risky state for contenders, with five murders, followed by Michoacan y Chiapaswith two each.
MAYOR OFFICES SUFFER ATTACKS
The violence that affects electoral processes is related to the hatching of criminal groups, especially in the municipalities small, because governments do not have the resources to protect their candidates, said Aldo Muñoz, professor at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEM).
This situation, he mentioned, affects entities such as State of Mexico, Guerrero, Sinaloa, Michoacán, Guanajuato, Chiapas y Veracruz, at least since 2000, although they are not exclusive.
He considered that those who do policy in those municipalities have the worst case scenario, because they are subject to the generators violence approve their candidacies and tell them how to campaign, because if they do not pay attention to the consequences and this phenomenonmeno affects parties and candidates of all colors.
Furthermore, he stated that the Mexican state Nor does it have the capacity to protect all candidates, because in this process 20 thousand popularly elected positions will be contested, which would represent, in a certain case, having 20 thousand or 40 thousand police officers.
Aldo Muñoz considered that the authorities do not have a strategy that guarantees that in a short time, in a few months or years this will change, because in addition the most vulnerable municipalities They generally have a strong territorial isolation, with few accesses and a hectic geography.
Of the 74 violent acts reported between January y March, Among those most affected are officials, with 39 lungespoints out Votar entre Balas.
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2024-04-04 14:15:07