The government of Tabasco, a state in southeastern Mexico, announced on Saturday a change of command in the state’s Security Secretariat, which is experiencing an increase in levels of violence, according to official figures.
During a message to the press, Governor Javier May reported that he appointed Serafín Tadeo Lazcano as the new Secretary of Security after the resignation of his predecessor, Víctor Hugo Chávez Martínez.
May said that Tadeo Lazcano has 30 years of experience in institutions such as the former Attorney General’s Office —current Attorney General’s Office— and that Chávez Martínez, with a military background, will return to the National Defense Secretariat.
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He also noted that, with this change and with cooperation with the federal government, his administration will seek to strengthen the tasks of fighting crime.
“A new stage is coming in our state, we are going to continue and intensify the work for the peace and security of our state (…) Together we are going to recover peace,” he said.
The change in the Secretariat comes after Tabasco registered an increase in intentional homicides in 2024.
During last year, 892 crimes of this type were recorded in the state, an increase of 252.56% compared to the 253 that occurred in 2023, according to reports from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System.
The problems of insecurity are also reflected in citizen perception.
In the last quarter of 2024, 95.3% of the inhabitants of Villahermosa, the state capital, said they felt unsafe in the city, according to the Urban Public Security Survey prepared by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography. During the previous quarter, the percentage was 69.5%.
Source: cnnespanol
