14/04/2011. In response to President Felipe Calderón's call for citizens to address the "Enough is enough" to criminals and not to the government or the Armed Forces, the National Ombudsman, Raúl Plascencia Villanueva, replied yesterday that the government is responsible for providing security to citizens.
"I would tell him that we should not be wrong, the government is the one who has the responsibility to provide public security, for that there are institutions and resources; public safety resources for 2011 are the highest in history.
"In such a way that an evaluation is essential to measure the results that are being given: in what way public security is being improved or, failing that, the condition that is occurring in some parts of the country where unfortunately there is no fundamental progress in the matter," he said.
Just on Tuesday, in what appeared to be a response to citizen marches catalyzed by the death of Juan Francisco, son of poet Javier Sicilia, President Calderon said that what affects Mexican families is organized crime.
"They must be stopped! They must be condemned (and) towards them must go a collective and national 'enough is enough'! Enough is enough for the criminals!" said the president of the Republic.
Interviewed yesterday at the headquarters of the Attorney General's Office (PGR), where he went to file a complaint for attacks on a visitor of the agency, the national ombudsman said that he has repeatedly raised in the reports the responsibility of the State to guarantee the security of citizens.
He also pointed out that a qualitative evaluation of the progress of the security strategy is necessary, since in States such as Chihuahua and Tamaulipas, the results have been counterproductive, as violence increases.
"When actions like "Enough is enough!" are pointed out, I think they (demand) a commitment on the part of public servants to be better accountable around the advances of public security," he added.
In addition, he demanded substantial advances in crime investigations to prevent their recurrence.
He regretted, for example, the lack of progress in the investigation of the 72 migrants executed in San Fernando and that another massive case has already been added.
"If there are no crime prevention strategies and forceful actions on the part of the authority to arrest those responsible for kidnappings, it is clear that they will continue to be repeated. It is clear that the graves found in Tamaulipas are a very clear reflection of this terrible phenomenon of impunity," he said.
Source: diariolaestrella.com
