Mexico’s presidential candidates on Monday signed a commitment for peace with Catholic Church leaders that proposes strategies to reduce the violence in the country.
FILE - Presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her opening campaign rally at the Zocalo in Mexico City, Friday, March 1, 2024. General Elections are set for June 2. Mexico’s presidential candidates on Monday, March 11, 2024, signed a commitment for peace with Catholic Church leaders that proposes strategies to reduce the violence in the country.FILE - Presidential candidate Xóchitl Galvez waves during her opening campaign rally in Irapuato, Mexico, Friday, March 1, 2024.
Sheinbaum said homicides dropped during the presidency of López Obrador. But organized crime has long controlled swaths of Mexico through violence and corruption. It has diversified beyond drug trafficking in recent years, extorting businesses big and small for protection payments.
The relationship between López Obrador and the Catholic Church has been tense ever since the murder of the Jesuits priests. Bishop Ramón Castro, secretary general of the Episcopal Conference, said last week that he wished for a deeper dialogue between the president and the church.“I will make all these proposals my own,” said Gálvez of the commitment to peace.
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