¡Si no pueden, que renuncien!

 Residents of Ciudad Juárez woke up today with news of another massacre of young people.

At least 13 people are dead and 16 more were injured after an armed group shot at the people at a party  in a private home Friday night. According to police reports, seven of the people killed were between 16 and 25 years old. Among the injured people, there was a 9-year-old child.  As of today, no one has been arrested.

This latest deadly attack occurred two weeks after the new mayor of Cd. Juárez, Hector Murguia, took office and nine days after President Felipe Calderon’s last visit to Juarez to evaluate the progress of the so-called “Todos Somos Juárez” plan.

During his visit, Calderon heard citizens’ complaints about the increase of violence and he vowed to continue working to bring security to Cd. Juárez. This new massacre is a slap to his and the citizens’ faces.

After the incident, Calderon sent his condolences to the families through Twitter, something that shows lack of sensitivity with the victims’ families. Does he think that everybody follow his Twitter?

It is evident that the federal government’s strategy to fight organized crime has failed. It is evident that the government is incapable of bringing security to the city and to the country. What is most obvious is that fact that people cannot be safe, even in their homes—teenagers cannot celebrate and party, people cannot walk outside their homes without the fear of being shot.

The massacre of 16 young people during a party in the neighborhood of Villas de Salvarcar Jan 31 is still fresh in the memory of many Juarenses.  What else can be said after a repeat of this type of events?

How much pain do parents, sisters, brothers and friends have to suffer before the bloodshed is stopped?

Alejandro Marti, a powerful business man whose 14-year-old son was kidnapped and murdered in 2008, coined a famous phrase that made waves in the political and social arena. After his son was killed, he went on television and said, “¡Si no pueden, que renuncien!”, which means  if the authorities cannot control the criminals, they should resign.

Today, his phrase is more appropriate than ever. If they cannot control what is happening in Juárez, how do they think they will be able to control what is happening in the rest of the country?  

 

Comments

[luis lopez]

Calderon should stick his twitter up his butt and RESIGN,FELIPE CALDERON; RESIGN YOUR POST,OR THE MEXICAN PEOPLE WILL TAKE MATTERS IN THEIR OWN HANDS,!!A REVOLUTION IS COMING AND THE BLOOD OF THESE PEOPLE IS ALREADY IN YOUR HANDS,YA BASTA,ES DEMASIADO Y NO PUEDES HACER NADA !

[God Has Nothing to do with this or anything else]

"The Mexican people will take matters into their own hands"????? Really?!?!?! Everyone is busy turning a blind eye when the problem does not affect them directly.

[A. Gringo]

My condolences to the families and loved ones of those killed. What is happening in Mexico is beyond all comprehension in a civilized world. I have stopped using "recreational" drugs after I realized what the impact my usage was having on innocent people. These drugs are no longer only
effecting the user, but innocent children as well.

[Chuco35]

It's pretty wild to blame users of marijuana for this bloodshed. I think it's the US government's prohibition policy that's creating the huge profits and the deadly competition of the cartels.

Legalize marijuana and this problem evaporates into thin air, as 80% of the cartel profits end immediately. They become mere small-time criminal thugs easily controlled by the government.

[Chuco35]

BTW Gringo, if you want to feel guilty over what's happening in Mexico, feel guilty over our government's marijuana prohibition policy. Mexicans are paying the bitter price of this misbegotten American policy rooted in politics.

[D Big Kahunna]

This will stop when Mexican citizens realize their government cannot and will not stop the violence. It is up to the citizens to defend themselves. If guns must be smuggled in, then do it. The police and army cannot protect you. If you are not willing to do what needs to be done, you deserve to live under the conditions as they are and the way they will be. The second amendment to the constitution of the US is there for just this type of action. Government is powerless and corrupt. It seems to me the citizens have forgotten Villa and the other heroes of the Revolution.
How many more will did before the citizens of Mexico wake up!

[loosing hope]

Mexico desparately needs the death penalty. These maggets are not afraid of prison and that is why they do what they do. If they are caught they only get a few years in a Mexican prison. If they are extradited, they get 3 square meals and medical. They got nothing to loose. The innocent civilian however, are being terrorized by booth these maggets and the authorities. Obiously all these check points scattered around the city are not working.

[Brokenheart]

My deepest condolonces to the family of the victims. This is beyond Cartels and drugs. Mexico's corrupt government should be taken down. United States, which is the neighbor country should contribute to save Mexico. If Obama accepts our troops being all the way in Afghanistan, I don't see why not Mexico, which is next to us.
I hope all the killers get what they deserve. Being killed or dying would be little punishment for thsoe.
I personally lost my two siblings early this year and they were two innocent teenagers that had their life cut short by the violence in Juarez.
I dream and hope for peace in this city since I still have relatives that live in fear everyday.

[santos flores]

I feel that this is a terrible tragedy.... the US should assist, it doesn't get any closer to home than this. Even if it means sending troops. We contribute to this mess, as our own US citizens feed the hunger for drugs.