Citizens of Sinaloa march again to demand peace in response to narco-violence and the murder of children Gael and Alex.
Víctor Aispuro, the principal of Sócrates Primary School in Sinaloa, criticized the justification provided by Sinaloa's Security Secretary, Óscar Rentería, regarding an armed attack that victimized a family, causing the deaths of two minors, their father, and leaving another minor in critical condition.
POLICIACA
Mario G. Madrid
1/26/20252 min read
The Security Secretary explained that the events on Sunday, January 19th in Culiacán, Sinaloa, were "circumstantial," as the family's vehicle was tinted, which might have led the armed civilians to attack it without aiming for any specific target.
This justification angered the community, as Professor Víctor Aispuro mentioned that families in Sinaloa should be able to go out at any time of day without fear of becoming victims to the criminal groups fighting over territorial control for the past four months, a conflict that authorities have failed to resolve.
"That's not a valid reason; it doesn't justify it. It feels like they're making excuses for what happened, and that's a mistake. It's like saying, 'you can't go out at night.' We should be able to go out at any time of day. It's not the family's fault; many families go out for important reasons, but it's not justifiable. It's a very poor response from the Secretary," stated the principal of Sócrates Primary School in an interview with Azucena Uresti on Radio Fórmula.
The principal also commented that for the past four months, residents of Sinaloa have lived in fear, evidenced by the fact that the school often has only 60 students attending, as shootings, blockades, vehicle fires, and various other criminal acts regularly occur in Culiacán, exposing the general populace to such violence.
"For more than four months, we have rarely had full attendance; we usually have around 60 students because almost every day we wake up to many shootings (...) Currently, the plea is for children not to be attacked anymore, for respect because there's genuine psychosis. I've had staff collapse; it's impossible to work with so much fear. It's not safe even at home anymore because when we hear gunshots, it's either the neighbor across the street got their car taken, got mugged, or got abducted," he shared about the daily life in Culiacán amid the conflict between Los Chapitos and La Mayiza.
