The Government only recognizes 15 murders of candidates and 108 requests for protection

He federal government recognized the murder of 15 candidates, in addition to having received 108 requests for protection from applicants who fear for their lives while they seek the popular vote for this June 2.

Grievances

Rosa Icela Rodríguez, Secretary of Security and Citizen Protectionrevealed in a morning conference that of the victims, only two had already registered as official candidates with the electoral authorities, five were pre-candidates and eight were candidatesthat is, they had only expressed their intention to seek a position.

In addition, he said that of the 108 protection requests, 86 have been attended to, 10 were declined and 12 are in risk analysis.

Regarding the specific case of the recent murders of Bertha Gisela Gaytán Gutiérrez, candidate for municipal president in Celaya, Guanajuatoand Adrián Guerrero Caracheo, candidate for councilor in Celaya, Guanajuato, both for the Morena party, Rosa Icela Rodríguez revealed that even when Morena requested protection for its candidates for elected positions, the state electoral authority did not respond to take care of the candidates.
“He governs but he does not command”

“It is part of the investigations and the demarcation of responsibilities that has to be done,” he launched.

During the morning conference, the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador also regretted the murder of Bertha Gisela Gaytán Gutiérrez, candidate for municipal president in Celaya, Guanajuato, of the Morena party.. The president assured that the governor of Guanajuato, Diego Sinhue Rodríguez, “governs but does not command” in the entity.

And he is a good person, but we can no longer remain silent. We cannot remain silent because we cannot be anyone's cover, especially when people's lives are at stake, López Obrador responded.

Protocol

According to the official, along with the National Electoral Institute They have agreed on a service procedure: the institute receives requests for protection from candidates and informs the secretariat of them.

“We establish coordination with the Secretariat of National Defense, who assesses the risk and defines the level of protection required. With this information we respond to the institute so that it informs the political parties and candidates. This protocol helps us not take more than 72 hours to respond to a request as soon as the candidate is contacted,” he explained.

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Since 2014 I joined the newspaper EL DEBATE as a reporter. That year I worked in the Mexico-World news section for the printed edition in Culiacán. Later, I worked as a local reporter in Guasave, where I covered the current affairs, social and police sections. I entered the digital section as a web reporter for the Soy Carmín portal at soycarmin.com and later I was editor of the En Pareja portal with the page enpareja.com. On both sites I wrote about topics related to the lifestyle of women, couples and families. Since 2017 I have been a reporter for the Investigation Unit for EL DEBATE, focusing on issues of transparency and the fight against corruption, social networks and public image; the agricultural and fishing sector, health, economy, legislation, indigenous people, poverty and housing. Prior to my foray into the written press, I was part of Radio Sinaloa as host of the youth program “Poder Joven Radio”. I have attended national workshops on security for journalists, the new criminal justice system, the Mexican electoral system, management and analysis of urban mobility and urban planning, editorial design and social networks. I also have a degree in Graphic Design and Multimedia from the Universidad del Desarrollo Profesional and I have an academic specialty in Editorial Design.

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