In a thread of three tweets, Governor Luis Fernando Camacho not only encouraged the population to attend Tuesday’s march, called by the Committee for Santa Cruz, but also stated: “Drug trafficking has taken over our country and the Government and its authorities are demonstrating a cdubious behavior resembling cover-up.”
In a following trill, he indicated: “we will march in repudiation of drug trafficking and we will raise our voice against the permissive attitudes of those who protect traffickers and negotiate with them.
The march, which was called by the Civic Committee “in repudiation of drug trafficking and for true justice,” It will depart from the Plaza del Estudiante and will go to the Plaza 24 de Septiembre. The concentration was announced for 17:00; Fernando Larach, vice president of the civic entity, asked those who want to join the march to wear a mask and carry alcohol to disinfect their hands, as biosecurity measures.
Institutional support
In keeping with its first authority, the Government made public its support for the mobilizationthrough the Management adviser, Efraín Suárez, who indicated that the murder of three policemen, on June 21, “constitutes a very serious history of drug trafficking in the department and the country”.
At a press conference, Suárez pointed out that this march also has the objective of repudiate the confusing actions of the National Police and the Ministry of Government; he stressed that, once the murders occurred, misinformed the population and that, to this day, have not been transparent.
The Municipality, for its part, issued a statement in which “vehemently rejects drug trafficking for the damage it causes to our society and supports the call for a peaceful demonstration”, referring to the march on Tuesday.
For their part, councilors Manuel Saavedra and Israel Alcócer used their social networks to indicate their support and invite others to participate in the march.
“#YoMarcho this Tuesday, June 28 at 6:00 p.m. for #SantaCruz and for our #Family, in repudiation of all acts of violence and drug trafficking. Let’s all go to the student square and let’s make our voices heard,” Alcócer tweeted.
While Saavedra used a video to give his message and appeal to the families: “A march against drug trafficking (…) It is time for us people from Santa Cruz to say again: ‘No more drug trafficking! No more drugs!’ (…) Let’s not allow this to become something everyday and normal”.
His colleague, Lola Terrazas, also uploaded a message: “The fight against drug trafficking begins in the streets, so that the deaths of the three policemen do not go unpunished, for a real fight and with objective results against drug trafficking, join the march”. His publication is accompanied by a statement from the Santa Cruz Community.
“The authoritarian takes over the institutions responsible for fighting drug trafficking and sells them protection to facilitate your business. There are judges to persecute political opponents and others to save drug traffickers from true justice and they all respond to the same command center, the authoritarianism that controls the State”, reads one of the arguments of the Santa Cruz Community to go to court. March.
The Autonomous University Gabriel René Moreno also announced his support for the march, with a statement released through his social networks, in which he points out that “cannot remain indifferent to the problem of drug trafficking that threatens our families and institutions.” The Morenian community will congregate in the 2nd Ring Road and Busch Avenue.
