The recent movement headed by Javier Sicilia seeks to attack rising crime rates in Mexico by attacking one of its roots - corruption. The Mexican government has unleashed its army to combat criminals, but unless corruption within the government itself is reduced, these efforts will do little to reduce organized crime and continue to cause human rights crimes.
The biggest problem is that those who are in charge of enforcing the law - government officials, police, etc. - are actually being paid off by crime organizations. The enforcers, therefore, have no reason to go after the criminals, because it profits them to leave the criminals alone.
Until this corruption is reduced, the same vicious cycle will continue.
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