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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wildly claimed his nation was safer than the US regardless of the current high-profile deadly kidnapping of four Americans by a cartel group.
Speaking at his every day morning briefing on Monday, Obrador proclaimed: “Mexico is safer than the United States. There is not any concern with touring safely by Mexico. That’s one thing the US residents additionally know, identical to our fellow Mexicans that stay within the US.”
Despite the president’s insistence, official information exhibits that Mexico’s nationwide murder charge is about 28 per 100,000 residents, about 4 occasions greater than that of the US.
Obrador additionally disregarded a current discover from the US State Department advising Americans to avoid traveling to 32 states in Mexico, and issuing extra warnings for twenty-four others.
“US authorities alerts say that it’s secure to solely journey [in the states of] Campeche and Yucatan. If that have been the case, so many Americans wouldn’t be coming in to stay in Mexico City and the remainder of the nation,” he mentioned.
“In the previous few years is when extra Americans have come to stay in Mexico. So, what’s occurring? Why the paranoia?”
He went on responsible American “conservative politicians” and the media for spearheading an alleged marketing campaign towards his nation.
“These conservative politicians … dominate nearly all of the information media within the United States,” he mentioned. “This violence just isn’t a actuality. It is pure, vile manipulation.”
The president gave the impression to be on harm management for his nation’s picture after it drew worldwide scrutiny after 4 Americans have been kidnapped on March 3 within the border city of Matamoros.
Eric James Williams, 38, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Latavia “Tay” McGee, 35, have been ultimately situated in a shack within the metropolis and transported to Texas for medical care.
Their two mates, Shaeed Woodard, 33, and Zindell Brown have been killed within the abduction, with the infamous Gulf Cartel issuing an apology for the incident and handing over five members they claimed have been liable for the kidnappings.
Following the incident the US State Department mentioned: “Violent crime – corresponding to murder, kidnapping, carjacking, and theft – is widespread and customary in Mexico. The US authorities has restricted skill to offer emergency companies to U.S. residents in lots of areas of Mexico, as journey by U.S. authorities staff to sure areas is prohibited or restricted.”
Along with the federal authorities’s warning, the Texas Department of Public Safety issued it’s own warning, advising residents to keep away from touring over the border throughout spring break as a result of cartel violence.
The state’s newest warning got here after two sisters from Peñitas and a good friend went missing after traveling to Mexico to promote garments at a flea market, authorities introduced Friday.
The FBI mentioned it was conscious sisters Maritza Trinidad Perez Rios, 47, Marina Perez Rios, 48 and their good friend, Dora Alicia Cervantes Saenz, 53, haven’t been heard from in about two weeks.
The group of girls have been reportedly touring in a inexperienced mid-Nineties Chevy Silverado to the flea market within the metropolis of Montemorelos, a couple of three-hour drive from the border.
