ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 5, 2024 / 17:00 pm
The bishops of Mexico have expressed their concern about the possibility that “organized crime and other criminal groups may intervene” in this year’s elections for various offices throughout the country including the nation’s president.
That would be “the worst scenario, the one which we should principally avoid,” the prelates stressed.
In a March 2 statement posted on X, the Mexican Bishops’ Conference urged the authorities responsible for public safety and law enforcement to “guarantee protection and an environment of peace” during the election campaigns.
The prelates stressed “the importance and significance of the next election day,” when in addition to electing the successor of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexicans will also vote for new state and federal representatives and senators, the governors of nine states, and presidents of “municipios,” the rough equivalent of counties in the U.S.