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This article was translated and reposted from EL UNIVERSAL
WRITTEN BY: SIRSE ROSAS
AUGUST 8, 2024
The governor recognizes the work of the Navy in different parts of the entity
Mexico must continue to have a firm response to the trafficking of arms into the country from the United States, because “they provide the weapons and we provide the dead people,” exclaimed Governor Mauricio Kuri González, speaking about the operation carried out by the Navy in Querétaro.
This past Wednesday morning, the Historic Center of Queretaro’s capital and six other points of Queretaro experienced an image never seen before, with the presence of elements of the Secretariat of the Navy in the state, leading an operation that led to the dismantling of a criminal cell that trafficked weapons from the United States and Canada, which operated in different parts of the country.
In this regard, the state governor acknowledged that the issue of security is something that must be addressed every day and acknowledged that “it will always be worrying” to find criminal gangs like these in Queretaro; however, he assured that the state continues to maintain its security levels and stressed that they were caught by the Semar.
“To tell (Queretaro residents) that they can rest assured, that in Queretaro we have a good police force, that we are responding and that Queretaro continues to have good levels of security,” said Kuri Gonzalez.
He indicated that since it is a federal issue, it is up to the authorities who headed the operation to release the results; however, he acknowledged the work of said authorities for having discovered and dismantled the criminal cell.
“These are federal crimes, they do their job and we only help them if they ask for our support. The important thing is that (the gang) was caught by the Navy and that is good news. I believe that the good news is that this gang was discovered and attacked and that the federal government acted accordingly,” said the governor.
Mauricio Kuri recalled when in 2021, then Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard filed a lawsuit against a dozen U.S. companies that manufacture weapons that arrive in Mexico and are used by criminals and drug traffickers to generate violence in the country, a strategy that the governor of Querétaro described as good.
“When Marcelo Ebrard denounced the U.S. arms companies, I think it was a good decision, there has to be much more pressure because they literally provide the weapons and we provide the dead people, so it is very important that this continues to be discussed and that Mexico continues to have a firm response in this regard,” he stressed.