Coluna Fictio Iuris

They say that a nation that doesn't know its history is condemned to repeat it. While it hasn't been so many years since practices of organized crime involving the abduction of groups of people to fight each other to death fell out of use in Mexico, worryingly, they seem to be resurfacing in Mexican reality. The disappearance and subsequent leaking of a video in which five young individuals from Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, are abducted to fight amongst themselves has triggered alarms within the population. Simultaneously, it appears that the authorities not only lack concern but also treat the situation lightly.

The reaction of certain members of the political class when questioned about the case of the youths can only evoke feelings of indignation, unless, of course, the audience consists of supporters who laugh at every supposed joke of those who should stop pretending not to hear and instead get to work in a scenario that becomes more insecure day by day.

In addition to the entrenched problems of drug trafficking and femicide, there is now a resurgence of something that was thought to be forgotten: these atrocious practices that, it seems, were suffered by Roberto, Diego, Uriel, Jaime, and Dante. These five young individuals, whose decision to visit the viewpoint in Lagos de Moreno on a fair day's night ended up leading them to a house of horrors. Meanwhile, certain authorities prefer to turn a deaf ear, lest they have to actually work instead of engaging in demagogy and making promises that neither are fulfilled nor will be fulfilled. Populist practices, as old as they are effective, continue to plague Latin America, which is bleeding and should be demanding real, effective, efficient, and viable policies. However, it seems content with senseless speeches and unfunny jokes that attempt to cover up the country's real problems.

I don't want to believe that Mexico is ignorant of its recent history, and I don't want to think that it only remembers the times of Hernán Cortés. Nevertheless, it appears that some individuals or groups are stuck in the 15th and 16th centuries, neglecting the reality of the 21st century. After all, it's one thing to make a thousand promises to reach certain positions and another very different thing to fulfill them. As the Spanish saying goes: "From saying to doing, there's a long way," and indeed, everything suggests that this distance, in the case of Mexico, is so vast that, as expected, it's becoming unbearable.

 

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