A meeting marked by pain and urgency
For the second time, Grecia Quiroz crossed the threshold of the National Palace. It was not a protocol visit. The mayor of Uruapan attended a meeting called by President Claudia Sheinbaum this Tuesday with the 61 mayors of the municipalities most affected by insecurity in the country.
The stated objective: strengthen coordination and design strategies to attack the root causes of violence. But behind that official language, there is a personal story that gives dramatic weight to each word.
The first meeting occurred under the darkest shadows.
It was after the murder of her husband, Carlos Manzo, in November of last year. That time, the situation in Uruapan was discussed and initial measures were agreed upon. This time, the tone was different. Less dueling, more action.
For hours, the councilors exposed the problems that are suffocating their communities. A concrete plan was presented from the National Palace: reinforce prevention, improve intelligence services and optimize that collaboration between federal, state and municipal forces that so often fails.
“Federal-municipal coordination is key to implementing effective actions that reduce violence and protect the population,” Quiroz stated as he left.
His statement is not a political cliché. It is the conclusion of someone who has paid a terrible price for the system’s failures. Every promise of coordination you hear in those rooms must resonate with the echo of a gunshot that changed your life forever.
Sheinbaum brings together mayors at the epicenter of executive power. Quiroz assists from the epicenter of pain. The national political theater has a new stage, and one of its protagonists carries a script written in tragedy.
The question that remains floating is simple and brutal: will the plans and meetings be enough to change a reality that has already claimed the most valuable thing?
