Warring Cartels Blamed for Spike of Violence in Baja California Sur Mexico News Daily
go to original November 28, 2014

Citizens marched for peace in La Paz last month.

Growing violence in Baja California Sur has prompted the state Congress to look for some answers from justice and security officials this week.

Worst of the violence is being seen in La Paz, where 48 homicides have been reported this year by the local newspaper, El Sudcaliforniano, which today said there were two more executions in the city yesterday. The paper maintains a running count of homicides by including the current total in every report of a new one.

The attorney general and a senior law enforcement official have been called to appear before the state Congress and explain what measures are being taken to address security.

Although law enforcement officials have said the wave of violence is the result of a territorial dispute between drug cartels, Congressman Omar Antonio Zavala, who is also chairman of the Public Security Committee, blames it on structural problems, and the previous government.

Lack of security in the state is not a simple, passing phenomenon, he said, but the consequence of various diverse factors — economic, social, cultural, and security, and “indifference on the part of the previous government...” The situation has worsened over time, making it more difficult to resolve.

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