The Government of Claudia Sheinbaum and the Catholic Church be part of forces within the creation of a disarmament plan for Mexico | EUROtoday

This January 10, the Mexican Government launched the nationwide voluntary disarmament plan ‘Yes to disarmament, Yes to peace’, a program whose goal is for the inhabitants handy over their firearms in change for monetary compensation. Claudia Sheinbaum accompanied by the secretaries of National Defense, Navy, Security, Interior and a number of other native and non secular authorities presided over the official ceremony this Friday on the esplanade of the Basilica of Guadalupe. The occasion has been filled with gestures that present the rapprochement between the Mexican Government and the Church in favor of constructing peace within the nation, a dedication that the president signed in the course of the marketing campaign. “Guns are a symbol of violence and death. We do not want any family to have a weapon in their home,” acknowledged the president, who has advocated for addressing the causes of violence since early childhood.

The Government will set up a number of factors in church buildings of all beliefs to hold out these exchanges. First in Mexico City, the place it should preserve a everlasting place on the esplanade of the Basilica till January 17. Afterwards, it should transfer to different states closely affected by violence akin to Guanajuato, Baja California, the State of Mexico, Tabasco and Guerrero. It is the primary time that the technique will likely be carried out on a nationwide scale, it was beforehand carried out within the capital, when Sheinbaum was head of Government and now the president seeks to take it to different elements of the nation. “Each weapon received is one less crime or a minor injury,” careworn the Secretary of the Interior, Rosa Icela Rodríguez. This company would be the one which coordinates the Disarmament Plan along with the completely different ranges of Government, the Secretariat of National Defense, the Navy, National Guard and the Secretariat of Public Security. The goal is to contribute to the prevention and discount of homicides and femicides, but in addition of accidents and unintentional deaths attributable to firearms, that are principally carried out by minors.

The plan not solely represents the rapprochement between Sheinbaum and the Church, which was very essential over the past Administration with the administration of violence and insecurity within the nation. It additionally talks in regards to the rapprochement of the Church with the present Administration. “Our country needs to live in peace and the presence of the president testifies to our concern and interest in bringing Mexico to this condition of unity and peace,” stated the rector of the Basilica, Efraín Hernández. This is the primary time {that a} consultant of the Executive participates in an occasion with spiritual authorities in a venue like this. Few symbols within the nation unite Mexicans as a lot because the Virgin of Guadalupe, the undisputed patron saint of all, whatever the religion they profess. To conclude, the president ended by quoting the phrases of Pope Francis: “It is not legal for anyone to look down on anyone because we are all equal. The only legal way to look at someone from top to bottom is when you shake their hand to get up and that is what we are doing,” stated Claudia Sheinbaum.

Several folks attended the occasion and handed over a weapon, amongst them, Virgilio Ramírez, a employee on the Gustavo A. Madero mayor’s workplace, who handed over an outdated pistol belonging to his father. “We want to do our bit to pacify this country. In this way we say no to violence and we join the president’s project,” he famous. Several ladies and boys current on the occasion exchanged plastic weapons for different kinds of toys. The Sedena will likely be accountable for receiving, destroying or preserving the weapons. Charmed, modified, sporting weapons or devices that may perform as firearms will even be accepted.

The quantities established by the Ministry of the Interior vary between 4,000 and 26,450 pesos relying on the mannequin, caliber and helpful lifetime of the weapon. Explosives, ammunition or cartridges will even be accepted with out authorized penalties for individuals who change them voluntarily and anonymously. The plan seeks to encourage the overall inhabitants to take part within the change of weapons and to take action it has created an financial tabulator for weapons, ammunition and explosives. For instance, between 3,140 and seven,320 pesos will likely be delivered for a brief weapon, relying on the caliber; between 13,390 and 25,000 for a semi-automatic rifle; about 5,000 for a shotgun and between 1,000 and 250 pesos for a grenade.

This week the US Government, via its Agency for Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), revealed that 74% of the weapons utilized by Mexican cartels come from the United States and arrive within the nation via the States of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas. The trafficking of firearms within the nation has elevated in latest many years and contributes to the scenario of violence that Mexico is experiencing. Mexico closed 2023 near 30,000 homicides, in keeping with official information.