Emir Olivares and Alonso Urrutia
Newspaper La Jornada
Tuesday, November 8, 2022, p. fifteen
Referring to studies by an international organization based in Stockholm that warn of a substantial increase in purchases for the armed forces, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador rejected that the item to purchase supplies has increased. He stressed that it could be fake news, although it could be acquisitions related to the National Guard.
In his press conference, he denied that his government had purchased sophisticated equipment or aircraft from Russia at this early stage of his administration. “Don’t go believing that.
“Well, if until New York Times lies, why not an institute, an association, an organization…? And they always say about civil society. Better, ask us for the information, that is, verify”.
Sedena, this morning
However, he announced that at Tuesday’s press conference, in which General Luis Cresencio Sandoval, head of National Defense, will participate, he will report on the resources allocated to the acquisition of weapons.
On the other hand, when approached about the videos that went viral where dogs roam with skulls or dismembered parts of human beings, López Obrador justified not reporting it in the morning conferences. “Surely they are investigating these cases and they are going to report.
“Sometimes we don’t want to give a lot of information of this kind, because we don’t want to seem Alarm!but if you ask for it, yes, everything.”
