In the face of the health contingency that the country is experiencing due to the global pandemic of coronavirus, the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), Alfonso Durazo Montaño, considered that this is not the time for Mexico to close its borders as several countries have already done to stop the expansion of the COVID-19.
“We believe that, at this time, such a measure is not necessary in our country”, said.
“We don’t share the decision, but we respect it by virtue of the sovereign nature of other governments to take such a measure, “the official responded this morning when questioning about the closure of borders announced by Guatemala, one of the southern neighbors.
Likewise, Durazo Montaño He ruled out canceling activities in the agency under his charge, because, he said, the security service for citizens cannot be stopped.
“We cannot stop or cancel activities that serve citizens, particularly in the area of security in the media that do not imply an unmanageable risk for the population itself,” he said.
After launching the awareness campaign “Safe Internet for everyone” on Tuesday, the official assured that the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection is complying with all the guidelines for health protection established by the Ministry of Health and that they are not He raped when he held an event today in which more than 100 people gathered in an SSPC auditorium.
“The recommendations of the Ministry of Health have a scientific nature and there is no reason, according to the SSA itself, any impediment, to cancel these types of events. It has established that at this stage of the contingency, the events do not have a truly massive character “, Held.
And he added: “We fully comply with this event. On the other hand, we cannot cancel the activities of service to the citizenry, particularly in the area of security as long as they do not imply an unmanageable risk for the population itself.”
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