Chiapas governor reports prosecutions of 366 officers

Luces del Siglo reports that Chiapas Governor Eduardo Ramírez acknowledged that some state and investigative police officers have been linked to organized and conventional crime. Luces del Siglo says Ramírez reported that 366 officers and roughly three commanders had been prosecuted during his administration. He made the remarks in the presence of President Claudia Sheinbaum while presenting details of the state’s security strategy.

According to Luces del Siglo, Ramírez said governments must recognize when members of agencies responsible for fighting insecurity become involved in criminal activity and said authorities had applied the law both inside and outside those institutions. He also identified femicide, sexual abuse, child sexual abuse, and extortion as continuing security challenges, including extortion affecting coffee growers, farmers, and businesses. The report says the state has distributed more than 25,000 watches through the Mujer Segura program in municipalities under a gender-violence alert.

Ramírez also described security initiatives and equipment, including drones that he said can support surveillance from four kilometers away, an armored and armed helicopter, and 50 light tactical vehicles. Luces del Siglo reports that he said the Pakal Immediate Reaction Force had grown from 547 to 800 members and that police salaries had increased. Other measures described in the report include inspections of vehicles with darkened windows, restrictions on horse races and daytime-only cockfights without alcohol sales, and continued operations against clandestine late-night establishments known as “afters.” These figures and descriptions are attributed to the governor and the outlet’s report; the available material does not independently verify them.