Given the growing violence in Mexico, Mons. Enrique Díaz Díaz, Bishop of Irapuato in the state of Guanajuato, asked the authorities to “do not hide, do not get used to it” and assume responsibilities to face this serious problem.
At a press conference This September 14, the prelate pointed out that violence is a reality that is “affecting schools, catechesis, young people, children, parents.”
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In addition, he recalled the attack on two priests in Michoacán a few days ago, near the border with Guanajuato, which occurred in the municipality of Zinapécuaro. The clergy were victims of “an armed attack” while circulating in a vehicle; One of them was gunshot wounded.
In this context, Mons. Díaz regretted that “unfortunately we listen to news every day, we hear situations and sometimes it would seem that we are already getting used to it.”
The bishop emphasized that it cannot be “ignoring that violence is happening,” however, he warned that it is not due “in determinisms or pessimisms that nothing can be done.”
To do this, he asked to assume responsibilities, especially parents in the education of young people, and the authorities, whom he urged not “makeup figures, who do not hide, that they do not get used to that so many serious things happen, and it would seem that we continue as if nothing.”
According to the MX report: The war in T-Osearchmx numbers, based on data from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System, since Claudia Sheinbaum assumed the presidency on October 1, 2024, 24,696 homicides have been registered.
However, the organization causes in common warns in its report Criminal incidence and some anomalies that These figures are unreliable, since 93% of crimes is not denounced or investigated. In addition, it accuses that the authorities “use ambiguous subcategories to reclassify and dilute the number of some high -impact crimes, reducing their media and political impact.”
On the eve of the commemoration of the independence of Mexico, which is celebrated on September 16, Mons. Díaz indicated that the party should not be limited to “screams, dances, drunken spirits.” Instead, he proposed to be a moment of reflection.
“How we are living freedom and how we are respecting and taking care of the freedom of others and how we are respecting and having the right to health, freedom of worship, freedom of education, the possibilities of a diet and a decent house,” he invited to question himself.
Although he acknowledged that there are social situations that “hurt us”, such as “violence, the disappeared hurts, these seeking mothers hurt, the lack of medicines for many children and young people hurts,” he also said that there are numerous reasons why Mexicans must be happy.
Diego López Colín
I am a graduate of journalism at the Carlos Septién García school with experience of religious institutional communication. Since 2016 I write for digital media and, since 2018, I report the most important news about the Catholic event in Mexico for the Ewtn news channel. ACI Press correspondent in Mexico since 2023.