An Uncertain and Grim Future for Mexico: The Shadow of Crime and Government InactionIn Mexico, crime continues to expand at an alarming rate, fueled by an increasingly murky relationship between organized crime and certain political sectors.
This bleak outlook raises serious concerns about the country’s future, as the current administration, seemingly paralyzed by the fear of losing electoral support, opts for inaction that only exacerbates the situation.In Mexico City, one of the main epicenters of this crisis, around 230 crimes are reported daily, reflecting the constant deterioration of public safety in the capital. Nationwide, the figures are even more disheartening: an estimated 2.5 million crimes were committed over the past year, a statistic that lays bare the magnitude of the challenge facing the nation.
Violence and crime, far from being confronted with the necessary resolve, seem to find fertile ground in the government’s passivity. The links between organized crime and political parties in states like Michoacán, the State of Mexico, and Mexico City further complicate the landscape.
In Michoacán, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) has established extortion networks operating under the protection of local officials tied to political parties. In the State of Mexico, the complicity of authorities with criminal groups in municipalities like Ecatepec is an open secret.
And in Mexico City, in districts like Gustavo A. Madero, organized crime operates with the apparent complicity of certain political actors.With a government seemingly more concerned with maintaining electoral support than with firmly confronting crime, Mexico is heading toward an uncertain and grim future. Official inaction, driven by the fear of losing votes, not only perpetuates violence but threatens to undermine the very foundations of Mexican society.
This is the current state of a country that, if it does not decisively confront its internal challenges, risks sinking into an even deeper crisis, from which it will be increasingly difficult to emerge.