The Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar García Harfuch, has clarified that the recent violent clashes in Mexico cannot be considered acts of terrorism, but rather a dispute between two criminal groups.
According to García Harfuch, the reason behind these events is not terrorist in nature, but falls within a struggle between criminal gangs. In this sense, the official explained that the unleashed violence does not respond to political or ideological motivations, but to internal conflicts between criminal organizations.
"What happens, and the reason why it is not terrorism, is that it is a 'dispute between two criminal groups,'" stated the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection. With these statements, García Harfuch seeks to clarify the nature of the confrontations and differentiate them from terrorist acts, supporting his argument with the dynamics inherent to organized crime.
