Nuevo Léon and México in State of Shock

Nuevo Léon and México in State of Shock

By: Erreh Sviaia

“Extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves.”

Naomi Klein

Today, Pope Francis arrives to México, just like what happened in Brazil a couple of years ago, Francis visit in the middle of a Mexican crisis, just like Brazilian government attempted, looks like a way for the Mexican president to legitimize his government, it worked for Brazil, it gave president Dilma Rousseff a small breath but in México, things could end up worse,again, like in Brazil.

Yesterday in Monterrey, Nuevo León the most important city in the north of México, a rival gang fight erupted at the Topo Chico Penitentiary, the outcome?  Nearly 50 inmates killed, reported as a mutiny by media it's not an accurate description, understanding than in a mutiny, inmates rebel against penitentiary authorities, in Topo Chico, there are no authorities, crime lords are the authorities, so it was basically one group of inmates killing and torturing another, in what is known as the worst penitentiary tragedy ever happened in the history in México.

What we are seeing in Monterrey, Nuevo León, is a direct reflection of what is happening all over the country, violent fight between criminal groups with authorities just watching actionless, why? Simply, it's pure therapy shock designed by fear architects by letting this sort of things happen in order to confuse society making them vulnerable to manipulation, similar to what happened in September 11th, Topo Chico Penitentiary tragedy is a mix of criminal groups acting, and authorities letting it happen, the events occurred for hours without authorities intervention, Jaime Rodríguez, Nuevo León governor declared weeks before, that he was interested in privatizing prisons, in the middle of a financial crisis in Nuevo León, letting prison slip into private hands looked convenient for the government, so in a way, the events and it's dimension, kind of give weight to Rodríguez intentions, but things went farther from there.

Another shock therapy is applied in Nuevo León, as a series of events started happening way before Topo Chico tragedy, executions, extortions, bank robbery and corruption are starting to show up at alarming rates, Rodríguez, an independent candidate whose main campaign proposal was to jail corrupt politicians and go against the establishment and the traditional political party system, seems to be part of the problem, as all this chain of events seems directed at damaging Rodríguez administration, big problem here, is that Rodríguez looks more worried to promote his image as potential president candidate for 2018, rather than governing the state, leaving thus a vacuum for attacks, crime propagation and general turmoil in Nuevo León, the bitter part is that Rodríguez might be letting this happen in order to get social approval for privatizing prisons, local politicians might be letting this happen in order to sabotage Rodríguez administration, and federal government might be letting all these things happen in order to politically attack Rodríguez independent image in order for tradition political parties to comeback to power, all this, at the precise moment of Pope Francis arrival to the country, with the world's attention in México, in a controversial visit that could help to legitimate an unpopular government, or ignite more social disapproval of it, giving more shock therapy in the middle of a country where some people believe drug lords are more trustworthy than authorities.