Former President Felipe Calderón, in an interview with Yordi Rosado, broke the silence and denied the rumors about his alleged alcoholism. Additionally, he revealed that he received threats from drug trafficking due to his frontal fight against organized crime.
"You either confront crime or tolerate it," stated Calderón.
During the conversation, Calderón Hinojosa explained that, from the beginning of his administration, he found a state infiltrated by organized crime. He also asserted that fighting it was an inevitable decision.
He even confessed that he recorded a farewell video for his family in case he became a victim of an attack. The information was shared by Infobae.
"When you're president, you can't evade an elemental decision. You either confront crime or tolerate it. I made the decision to confront it," stated the former president.
Calderón detailed that his security strategy included the deployment of the Army and the Navy. The objective was to regain control of various regions of the country.
In the interview, it was also revealed that the former president faced a possible attack. According to his account, his security team received an anonymous call. In it, a former military member warned that organized crime planned to shoot down his aircraft with a missile launcher.
The farewell video for his family
Faced with the threat, Calderón decided to record a message addressed to his wife, Margarita Zavala, and his children. The video would be his last farewell in case he didn't survive:
