United States 'Interference' in Michoacan is the Last Thing Mexico Needs La Jornada
go to original January 21, 2014

According to information released Jan. 15 by Germany's DPA News Agency, a senior U.S. State Department official remarked that the violence and loss of governance in Michoacan is "extremely worrisome," and characterized the situation as one of "communities that were already under pressure from drug traffickers and criminal gangs now caught in a battle between those who claim they are protecting them, and those using them for their own interests." She also said that the citizens affected fail to receive the necessary support from the central or local governments. Moreover, the official also said that the United States stands ready to provide assistance to the Mexican government in terms of the security operation undertaken few days ago by federal forces in the state.

Without denying the gravity of the events occurring on the territory of Michoacan and the type of problems they present for governing the region and country, the statements of this official are unwelcomed and irrelevant, to the extent that the situation she described is an internal affair of Mexico, and the solution exclusively for Mexicans. There is no reason for a foreign authority to in any way address the issue or to state its opinions on the situation.

Moreover, proposing U.S. government assistance for addressing the Michoacan conflict is disturbing in light of the past collaboration between the U.S. and Mexican governments. Those operations resulted in the subordination of Mexico to the United States, and the adoption by authorities in our neighboring country of security functions that correspond exclusively to domestic ones.

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Translated by Acosta-Florizul Perez

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