Protesters Torch Door to Mexican Border State Governor’s Palace After Wave of Female Abductions

Residents in a Mexican border state torched the governor’s palace in Nuevo Leon as part of a protest against female kidnappings. Concerned citizens and activists alike are accusing state police of inaction on the problem. The latest demonstration led to a fire being set at the entrance.

Over the weekend, hundreds of activists gathered around downtown Monterrey and made their way to the governor’s palace — where they set fire to the entrance. Local police had brief clashes with protesters to keep them from causing more damage, and eventually, they dispersed.

While authorities have not publicly revealed a motive for the rise in missing women, the issue comes at a time when rival cartels are fighting for control of local drug distribution in Monterrey and reliable smuggling routes to Texas.

One of the region’s leading politicians, Congressman Waldo Fernandez Gonzalez, released a video describing the reasons for outrage. He also calls out State Public Security Secretary Aldo Fasci for his handling of the cartel crimes and abductions.

“They are mad for the more than 1,700 missing women who we do not know where they are,” Fernandez said. “They are angry at a frivolous government and a Tik Tok governor [Samuel Garcia] who shares everything, but when it comes to the murder of a woman — he says he has no words.”

Fernandez said that women who protest are criticized for asking questions while public officials continue to downplay the situation.

“The women of this state are pissed off because neither society nor the government gets pissed off about them being killed,” he said.

In response to the public outrage, the Nuevo Leon Attorney General’s Office issued a statement claiming that in most of cases, the women had voluntarily left their homes.

Authorities say that they have not been able to release many details of cases so as to not interfere with investigations.

Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and senior Breitbart management. You can follow him on Twitter and on Facebook. He can be contacted at Iortiz@breitbart.com. 

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