Mexico City, a violent city

“In Mexico City, there are no drug cartels,” that was one of the phrases local authorities liked to say over and over again whenever they were questioned about criminal groups and the increase of violence.

The presence of drug dealing gangs was acknowledged but several recent events expose that there are criminal groups who act like drug cartels , murder like drug cartels, and most likely corrupt like drug cartels.

Early Sunday morning, several chunks of human remains appeared in one of the most important avenues in Mexico City and a blanket with the message of a criminal group for its rivals. This didn't happen in the outskirts but in the Cuauhtémoc borough – the most centric of all the boroughs in Mexico City and the one which houses in its perimeter the seat of all three powers of the Congress.

Last year, an operation by the Mexican Navy in the Tláhuac borough led to the fall of the drug cartel leader of Tláhuac. After this deployment, several vehicles were set on fire, blocking roads in the area. Prior to this, a body was found hanging from a vehicular bridge.

It's not strange to hear in the news about executions or drug cartels leaders arrested in Mexico City.

Is it still possible to say that drug cartels have no presence in the city? Whether these are branches of drug cartels operating in other regions or local groups, the degree of violence they are resorting to was only known in Mexico City from the information received from other states and regions.

The City boasted for many years of being an oasis in the midst of the violence other regions in the country were suffering. Thousands of cameras were installed and the presence of police officers was noticeable. Now, for the events of last Sunday, it has been said there is no video recording of what happened at that time, but of the minutes before and after the event because when the human remains were placed, the camera was recording in other direction.

Violence

is becoming more intense, as if the security organizations in Mexico City were non-existent for murderers and extortionists.

There isn't a better way to solve this problem than acknowledging it. To minimize them, from what we can see, has only helped this phenomenon to grow. The most delicate part is that Mexico City inhabitants don't know what will come next. Military patrols? More events like the one of last Sunday? An effective strategy to decrease crime rate? The only sensible option is the former. This decision is a matter for local authorities.

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