Disappearances, the recruitment of young people, floor charges, the usefulness of Cybertrucks and even police abuse and extortion, were some of the recurring topics that legislators put on the table in front of the Secretary of Security, Juan Pablo Hernández, without obtaining concrete answers.
“I would like to know if you can tell me precisely which indicators have improved as a result of this acquisition (of the Cybertrucks) or are we facing an advertising strategy without a real impact on the protection of citizens,” questioned deputy Alejandro Puerto.
He also asked in which high-risk areas they have been deployed and what those verifiable results are.
Hernández acknowledged that they could not measure the effectiveness of the units precisely, but mentioned cases in which they have helped.
“The use of these technologies allows us to enhance our activity on the streets and, although perhaps we could not clearly graph how they have contributed to reducing the incidence of crime, we do have several documented cases in which they have been of great support,” he responded.
Puerto also wanted to know how the Government has figures that are incompatible with the disappearances.
“Why does the State insist on denying this reality when the media, organizations and families document that minors are captured and recruited by organized crime?”
The Secretary made notes to respond in three minutes.
“We have worked with media campaigns, social networks and, above all, training through the school police (to approach) school institutions in which we provide them with information so that young people do not fall into the clutches of crime.”
He was also questioned about the failed pacification of Teocaltiche and the alleged network of corruption related to tow trucks and gasoline for “ghost” patrols, registered in the last Administration, in addition to the lack of body cameras for police officers.
“I just want to know, if we have already been there for 268 days, how many more days do they need to pacify Teocaltiche?” Morenoist Itzul Barrera rebuked.
Hernández said that the situation in Teocaltiche and the municipalities of the Alto Norte area is complicated because there is a struggle between two criminal groups, but that there have been important seizures and arrests such as that of “El Coyote”, who was carrying one of the weapons that killed the Secretary General of Teocaltiche, José Luis Pereida.
In his speech, PT member Sergio Martín Castellano questioned the problem of cattle theft in the interior of the State and extortion by police officers.