Secretary of the Interior, Adán López Hernández, told members of the Tabasco Congress that the governor of Nuevo León, Samuel García, “acts with hypocrisy and selfishness” because “it’s easy for him to pick up the phone, because he’s not even capable of sending an official letter and asking for more National Guard personnel, and today there are 8,320 National Guard and Mexican Army personnel deployed (in Nuevo León territory).
"Do you know how many state police officers there are in Monterrey and the metropolitan area?" the federal official asked local Tabasco deputies. "There, it's called the Civil Force. There are 1,287 police officers who don't actually provide public security services, because what they do is provide surveillance services for private companies, supermarket chains, convenience stores, and gas stations."
The head of the Ministry of the Interior told legislators in his home state that the legislative reform requiring the armed forces to carry out public security duties until 2028 is possibly the most complex in the last two years, and asserted that 82 percent of Mexicans support the Mexican Army and the Mexican Navy.
Last night, Tabasco became the sixth state whose representatives approved the aforementioned constitutional amendment. That state's Congress, with a majority from the Morena party, approved the order with 28 votes in favor and seven against, joining Mexico City, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Sinaloa, and Campeche.
