Sheinbaum Slams Calderón's Security Strategy as a Failure
President Claudia Sheinbaum criticized former President Felipe Calderón's "war on drugs" strategy as a failure, citing Genaro García Luna's 38.8-year prison sentence as proof. Sheinbaum ruled out investigating Calderón, leaving it to the Prosecutor's Office.
Well, today, it’s Mexico that’s brought the popcorn-worthy headlines, and it’s Claudia Sheinbaum who’s starring in the role of political ringmaster. This morning's press conference wasn’t your average mumble-fest of policy jargon, but rather a grand tour through corruption’s hall of shame, starring none other than Genaro García Luna and Felipe Calderón—the dynamic duo of yesteryear’s so-called "war on drugs." Now, if this were a Netflix special, you'd already be queuing it up.
Sheinbaum came out guns blazing with a proclamation that was half eulogy, half sledgehammer. The verdict on Calderón’s former security chief, García Luna, was announced yesterday—38.8 years behind bars, no less. And if you thought Sheinbaum was going to let that slide by with a few muted comments about justice, you'd be mistaken. She went straight for the jugular, declaring Calderón’s much-ballyhooed security strategy—a "war on drugs," they called it—a spectacular, unqualified failure.
