Catholic bishops, Mexican drug cartels meet about possible truce
The bishop said the talks failed because the cartels and drug gangs didn’t want to stop fighting over territory in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero.
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The bishop said the talks failed because the cartels and drug gangs didn’t want to stop fighting over territory in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero.
Four Roman Catholic bishops met with Mexican drug cartel bosses in a bid to negotiate a possible peace accord, one of the bishops said, and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday he approves of such talks. The revelation by Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, José de Jesús González Hernández, in remarks at a public appearance, illustrated
Four Roman Catholic bishops met with Mexican drug cartel bosses in a bid to negotiate a possible peace accord, one of the bishops said, and President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Thursday he approves of such talks.
The Mexican government's policy of not confronting their own drug cartels amidst violence has led to some creative solutions, namely Roman Catholic bishops hosting peace talks.
The bishop said the talks failed because the cartels and drug gangs didn’t want to stop fighting over territory in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero.