Two girls died in Badiraguato, Sinaloa, after being caught in the middle of a clash between armed groups. They were traveling with their family when their vehicle was hit by high-caliber gunfire in an area dominated by drug traffickers.
The governor Rubén Rocha Moya, from Morena, declared himself "outraged," as if that were enough. There were no arrests, no real operations; just recycled phrases that cover up the State's negligence in the face of the territorial control of crime.
The tragedy occurred in a region historically controlled by drug trafficking. Badiraguato is the birthplace of kingpins like "El Chapo" Guzmán, and also a symbol of the government's capitulation to armed power.
Rocha Moya repeats the script
Rocha Moya appealed to public outrage as his only rhetorical resource, but omitted any self-criticism about the institutional abandonment in Badiraguato. The systematic omission of operations, intelligence, and prevention in that territory reveals not only inefficiency but a concerning tolerance toward organized crime.
His response was a simple "I'm outraged," a formula that is already part of the official script. Instead of confronting the drug traffickers, he limits himself to lamenting the events as if he were a spectator, not the governor.
Meanwhile, the Prosecutor's Office hasn't offered any progress. The perpetrators remain free, and the State, once again, has renounced its duty to protect citizens, even the most defenseless.
Hugs, drug traffickers, and propaganda
The case reflects the failure of Morena's security policy. President Sheinbaum keeps the discourse of "hugs", but in practice, the territories remain in the hands of armed groups.
There is no real containment strategy. Only propaganda and omission. The formula is repeated: institutional disarmament, benevolent discourse, and handing over the country to organized crime.
Morena doesn't pacify; it yields. And in that yielding, lives are lost. The two murdered girls are victims of a State that decided not to govern where it is most needed.
The drug traffickers impose order
While the government boasts about doctored figures, the reality in the north of the country is different. The drug traffickers impose schedules, patrol roads, and decide who lives and who dies.
The population survives amid silences, threats, and implicit pacts. The law doesn't exist beyond the official discourse. And when there are deaths, only the feigned outrage of the usual suspects remains.
The death of these girls was neither an accident nor a coincidence. It was the direct result of an absent State, a failed strategy, and a government that prefers to look the other way.
