The governors of Chiapas and Oaxaca, Óscar Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar and Salomón Jara Cruz, respectively, signed the framework agreement for coordination and intergovernmental collaboration on security actions between both states.
The agreement, both leaders said, establishes an important precedent in strengthening joint strategies against criminal activity on highways and other spaces and areas.
During the meeting of governors in the municipality of Chahuites, Oaxaca, Ramírez Aguilar and Jara Cruz headed the interstate coordination meeting for the construction of peace and security in both states.
There they reaffirmed their commitment and determination to work together to achieve “shared prosperity, guaranteeing the well-being, peace and development of both states.”
The Chiapas leader stressed that the bilateral agreement will strengthen actions and allow the public security forces of Oaxaca and Chiapas to not be interrupted “within our limits to achieve our objectives.”
This effort, he stated, will yield results in the condition that Chiapas and Oaxaca are the first states to sign this agreement in the current federal government, which “is a good precedent.”
Accompanied by his wife Sofía Espinoza, Ramírez Aguilar praised Jara Cruz’s leadership. He stated that both governments share the common vision to “strengthen brotherhood and promote integral development.”
The Oaxacan governor, for his part, recognized the progress made by Ramírez Aguilar in Chiapas. In less than 45 days, he said, “he has managed to significantly reduce crime.” Thus, he stated that “this collaboration is essential to achieve the pacification that both states need.”
Both the Secretary of Public Security of the government of Chiapas, Óscar Aparicio Avendaño, and the Attorney General of this entity, Jorge Luis Llaven Abarca, presented strategies and achievements, with which high-impact crimes have been reduced.
Llaven Abarca emphasized his willingness and commitment to maintain close coordination with Oaxaca to combat crime and contribute to peace in both states. “We are joining forces in security work for the good of both peoples,” he said.
On the subject, the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection of Oaxaca, Iván García Álvarez explained that the interstate agreement establishes clear mechanisms to share information, resources and best practices with the promotion of effective strategies in the prevention and investigation of crime.
José Bernardo Rodríguez Alamilla, Attorney General of Oaxaca, stressed that with such a comprehensive and coordinated strategy, which combines prevention, prosecution and institutional strengthening actions, and which addresses criminal policy beyond interstate borders, protection and public safety are guaranteed.
The meeting was attended by, among others representing the government of Chiapas, the president of the State’s Superior Court of Justice, Juan Carlos Moreno Guillén; the deputy chief of operations of the Seventh Military Region, Alejandro Alcántara Ávila; the general secretary of Government and Mediation, Patricia del Carmen Conde Ruiz.
As well as the technical secretary of the Peace and Security Construction Roundtable, María Baldramina Zepeda Melgar; and the head of the Legal Counsel Institute, Guillermo Nieto Arreola.
Source: eluniversal
