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Weekly Report - 20 August 2020 (WR-20-33)
MEXICO: A deceptive peace in Guanajuato?
Following the capture of the main leader of the Cártel Santa Rosa del Lima (CSRL) criminal organisation [WR-20-31], the Mexican government led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador boasted this week that violence levels are finally falling in the troubled state of Guanajuato. But rather than earn it widespread plaudits, the claims have raised questions over whether the López Obrador administration has reached an agreement with the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) drug trafficking organisation (DTO) that would allow the latter to assume full control of criminal activities in the state in exchange for maintaining peace. There are also doubts over whether, following its decapitation, the CSRL has now completely disintegrated.
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