CDMX ‘at peace’ as authorities take measures to prevent cartel violence

Mexico City officials sprang into enactment adjacent arsenic events were inactive unfolding nationwide Sunday pursuing the death of cause cartel brag Nemesio Oseguero Cervantes successful the occidental authorities of Jalisco.

Mayor Clara Brugada convened a “permanent” Security Cabinet league to found protocols and warrant that each indispensable preventative steps were taken.

Once the occupation started Sunday, Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada convened her Security Cabinet successful imperishable session. (Clara Brugada/X)

Shortly thereafter, she issued a connection confirming that her government’s apical precedence was the information of each inhabitants of the nation’s capital. 

In a societal media station that day, Brugada urged the nationalist to stay calm, adding that strategies were being coordinated with national information forces. 

She besides called connected the nationalist to question accusation lone from authoritative channels and to debar spreading rumors. “Serenity and spot are built with verified accusation and coordinated efforts,” she said.

Talking to reporters, the politician insisted that “the nation’s superior remains astatine peace.”

On Monday, the politician said each services were operating normally, “and the capital’s Security Cabinet remains successful imperishable session, successful nonstop coordination with [the national government] to support families and guarantee tranquility successful each borough.”

Additionally, each nationalist offices and institutions were open, and each nationalist proscription systems — the Metro, the Metrobús, cablegram cars, airy obstruction and Cablebús — continued to run normally.

At her Monday greeting property briefing, President Claudia Sheinbaum said each highways starring successful and retired of Mexico City were open, adding that the Transportation Ministry’s bid halfway was monitoring the situation. Soldiers and National Guardsmen had established checkpoints astatine each large introduction points.

While Sunday’s takedown of El Mencho was connected astir people’s minds and astir papers’ beforehand pages, Mexico City has experienced comparative calm, good into Tuesday. (Victoria Valtierra/Cuartoscuro)

In the city, soldiers were reportedly patrolling the Segundo Piso (upper deck) of the Periférico beltway.

One objection was astatine the Northern Bus Terminal, wherever routes to the authorities of Jalisco and points northwest had been canceled. Suspended departures included those to the destinations of Guadalajara, Guanajuato, Michoacán, Tepic, Mazatlán, Sonora, Zacatecas and Tijuana.

The Mexico City International Airport was besides operating normally, though immoderate airlines had canceled flights to Puerto Vallarta, country of immoderate of Sunday’s worst violence. 

Security astatine the airdrome featured a unit of astir 5,000 agents, comprising unit from the Naval Airport Protection Unit, the Federal Protection Service, the Mexico City Police Department and backstage information corporations.

Public schools successful the superior opened arsenic accustomed and the National Autonomous University (UNAM) said activities astatine its main field successful confederate Mexico City would proceed arsenic scheduled. 

University officials did impulse professors to beryllium flexible with out-of-town students who mightiness person trouble reaching the city, cautioning students to debar question and prioritize safety.

At the aforesaid time, UNAM campuses successful Morelia, Michoacán; León, Guanajuato; and Juriquilla, Querétaro, were urged to see holding classes remotely and online.

With reports from Chilango and La Jornada