When corruption is the daily bread
Irineo Mujica Arzate, director of Pueblos Sin Fronteras, dropped the bomb: the suspension of the criminal proceedings against Francisco Garduño, former commissioner of the INM, is nothing more than the consolation prize for the impunity and corruption of the 4T. Because, of course, what better reward for someone accused of being complicit in the death of 40 migrants in Ciudad Juárez than a judicial “ah, nothing’s happening”? This is how the system works, friends: if you obey the power, you are saved. Garduño, according to Mujica, fulfilled to the letter the US mandate to stop the migrant caravans, and voilà, his case disappeared like human rights in a political speech.
The INM, a circus (and not the fun ones)
The new commissioner, Sergio Salomón Céspedes, has the titanic task of “cleaning” the INM, although it sounds like an impossible mission. Because, how can we get rid of those who made a business out of other people’s misfortune if they remain more untouchable than an influencer on vacation? Mujica says it clearly: without a real purge, any immigration reform will be pure theater. And be careful, because Mexico cannot continue replicating Trump’s policy of rejection and containment, leaving migrants at the mercy of organized crime. Humanitarian visas and shelter should be the norm, not the jackpot in a bureaucratic lottery.
Ah, but for that it is necessary to strengthen the COMAR, that institution that seems to function with a budget of alms. More resources, offices outside of Tapachula (yes, the country is bigger), and technology that doesn’t look like something out of the 90s are urgent. Because seven months of waiting for a procedure is not “efficiency”, it is a mockery.
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