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José Humberto Salazar, mayor of Jerez, denied in a conversation with Azucena Uresti that the cancellation of the carnival was due to insecurity (special)
Despite the insistence of the municipal president of Sherry, Jose Humberto Salazar he Carnival 2023 It will be suspended by order of the judge in the face of the increasing violence that afflicts the State and the municipality.
“La Jerezada” 2023 has been suspended by order of a judge and due to violence in the municipality
The mayor of Jerez announced the suspension of the bullfighting demonstration after questions from residents due to the disappearance of a young woman and the presence of organized crime who attacked a family
However, he charged that there was a political context and that people outside the municipality they were behind these factswhom he described as unfortunate.
In an interview with Azucena Uresti, the mayor spoke about the cancellation of the festival, since the day before the participants in the beauty contest that would open the carnival they dropped out of the contest in solidarity with the recent acts of violence and demanded that security actions be implemented.
The mayor of Jerez refused to cancel the 2023 Carnival despite the violence, protests and resignations of the participants
The atmosphere of insecurity that reigns in Zacatecas jeopardizes the party that has not been celebrated since 2020
Despite this, Humberto Salazar denied that it affected the plans for the festivities, which caused great controversy. And in an interview with the journalist, he justified himself by indicating that he was doing it for the recovery of the economy.
“My vision for Jerez is to protect our citizens but I am also interested in economics”, he assured the reporter, since one of the main reasons he insisted on the event taking place throughout the conversation with Uresti, was because of the monetary benefits it would bring to its inhabitants.
“The saddest thing is that it hits families in Jerez, hundreds of families in Jerez, all businesses, tourism (…) but hey, we will respect the orders of the judge”
However, denied it had to do with the issue of insecurity and questioned that in other municipalities where there is also strong violence like fresnillo, Guadeloupe there zacatecas, no events had been cancelled.
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He even claimed that behind the cancellation there were people who were not in Jerez and who did not care about the municipality or its inhabitants.
“It was donated by people who are not from Jerez and by people who are not interested in the municipality or the people of Jerez, that is the saddest thing, I think that there is a political background there because only in Jerez they want to suspend the fair and they want to suspend Jerezada and they want to suspend the carnival, however, in Zacatecas Guadalupe and Fresnillo they do not suspend”
On the other hand, in a video that he shared on his social networks he evoked and regretted that the facts (without explicitly mentioning violence) which disturbed the peace and tranquility of the population, would have resulted in the cancellation of Sherry 2023.
However, he added that he had asked federal and state authorities to provide support in the situation. “We regret the devastation left by so many victims, we respond to their call for justice and we join in their concern,” he added.
It should be noted that in the early hours of February 16, a group of armed persons deprived of liberty a family in a house on Calle Colón. Before fleeing, they set fire to the house. Upon arrival, authorities found a dead person inside the place.
From January to December 2022, official figures indicate that the country declared 26 thousand 273 intentional homicides throughout the country, according to the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP).
Of the total, 978 occurred in the state of Zacatecas January and October being the months with the most murders (99).
Moreover, it is also one of the most dangerous for the police, due to the 400 police officers killed in 2022 next to 60 cases occurring in the entity governed by David Montreal Avila which ranked him first nationally with the most uniformed officers killed, according to organization data common cause.