The Mexican president made these statements in the context of the growing violence in Sinaloa.
Claudia Sheinbaum, elected president of Mexico.
The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, He pointed directly to the television series about drug trafficking as one of the main causes of young people’s approach to organized crime.
According to Sheinbaum, These productions “glamorize” the criminal lifeintroducing the drug traffickers as successful and wealthy peoplewhich is very attractive for some young people, especially those who live in conditions of poverty or marginalization.
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“During a very long period, many television series were promoted advocating criminal groups, as if being part of a criminal group led to a life of luxury, with a vision also related with (treating) women as objects“said the president.
Sheinbaum argues that this romanticized view of drug trafficking It can lead young people to make wrong decisions and put their lives at risk.
“And this vision that advocates criminal groups can generate in some young people the idea that, if they approach a criminal group, you are going to have a life option like that and actually what It’s a death optionbecause they put their lives at risk by engaging in an illicit practice,” he added.
The Mexican president made these statements in the context of the growing violence in Sinaloa, where the confrontations between criminal groups have left hundreds dead in recent months.
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Sheinbaum proposes various strategies to combat this problemsuch as a corridos contest with positive messages and a greater focus on the social causes of violence.
This position of the president generated a wide debate in Mexico. While some experts applaud its focus on the social causes of violence, others criticize its is blaming television series and not public policies that have allowed the growth of drug trafficking.
In this sense, the recent New York Times report on recruiting chemistry students by the Sinaloa Cartel has revealed the complexity of the problem, especially for the production of fentanyl, a highly addictive and lethal drug.
Source: Integrated Information System and EFE
