Saying
“To guarantee the right to information and to uphold freedom of expression and reply, a press conference was established, the morning press conference, a circular and open dialogue that we hold from Monday to Friday from 7:00 to 10:00 in the morning on average.”
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During the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, he has been singled out and criticized for attacking journalists, in a country like Mexico, one of the most dangerous for journalistic work. So far this six-year term, 47 journalists have been murdered.
“Mexico remains one of the most dangerous and deadly countries in the world for journalists,” warned the organization Reporters Without Borders.
The morning shows have also been singled out because they included the section Who is who in fake news?, which Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the IACHR He considered that it contributes to increasing violence against journalists, and therefore asked for it to be suspended.
Saying
“We have led by example. We have argued for several years that the best way to deal with the migration phenomenon is to address the causes, supporting countries with poor people in Central America and the Caribbean. The United States already did this on one occasion, when the Alliance for Progress was formed, with President Kennedy. It is now necessary to come back with a plan to support countries with poor people, with migrants, because those who abandon their families, their communities, do not do so out of choice, they do so out of necessity.”
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Although President López Obrador claims that addressing the causes helps combat migration, the departure of Mexicans to the United States has increased, as has the number of arrests.
While in 2019 there were 210,246 encounters between Mexicans and U.S. immigration authorities, 2023 closed with 717,333, despite the fact that the Mexican government has invested 2.7 billion pesos during the six-year term in Well-Being Programs that have benefited 28 million people. That is, Mexico continues to expel migrants to the United States.
Saying
“It is not with walls or militarizing borders that the migration phenomenon will be resolved.”
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Faced with President Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on imports from Mexico, the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador deployed around 30,000 members of the National Guard to its borders at the beginning of his administration.
One of the main activities that the National Guard focuses on is migration. Between 2019 and 2022, this institution “rescued” 239,594 migrantson average 59,898 each year.
In contrast, due to the possible commission of crimes, in its first four years, the National Guard made available 26,405 people before the Public Prosecutor’s Office or the Civic Justice authority.
