We are restoring some peace, which is not the same as peace. We can go out without so much anxiety and be aware of the latest massacre, different raids or common threats.

It will be a long struggle, because the drug trade is first and foremost a company that moves enormous capital and permeates almost all levels of the state. That little break is good to remind us that life is a wonderful gift that we must cherish carefully.

Peace will not be a return to the past, but the building of the present that includes the future, because we will no longer be the same, neither as people, nor as a society, nor as a country. And in that construction, we can allow ourselves some necessary dialogues and questioning, so that we don’t make the same mistake again.

How was it possible to break the bases of many gangs in a short time if the same people, the same officials, the police and the army, are in charge of it? Does it depend on the direct actors or their managers or on efficient and highly present foreign advisers?

Why is there prison four, almost a hotel house that serves as a prison where criminals who have held public office go?

Does holding a public office make the crime less serious? Isn’t it the other way around? Someone called to serve the citizens who abuses the authority given to him by his position and cheats, kills or steals public money that should have been used in schools, colleges, hospitals, roads, which is part of the drug trade and its trail of corruption? death, should he enjoy privileges while serving his sentence?

The fact that the victims do not know each other directly, scattered in the social community, does not make them less serious, but adds a perversion to their actions. Due to his exposure on the nets, some take him as an example, as he shows other ways of using power. At the same time, it creates distrust in public officials and the benefits they enjoy.

Why was Fito’s family treated with great care when they were banished to the country, while the suspects on the streets are practically stripping and walking? In popular areas, the doors are broken down and everyone is asked to lie on the floor, and many times the criminals are in the house next door. Norero did not live in the popular sector and those who have real power in the mafia are not in the popular sectors. The difference in treatment is striking.

It is disturbing to see young people being imprisoned by the hundreds, some without teeth, thin, poorly dressed, victims who become victims. Fierce, unscrupulous. The mirror of a society that has failed in the most important thing: care, nutrition and education of its young people, especially those who live in the most vulnerable sectors.

In this society of good and evil that we are building, where nuances seem to disappear and where we rarely question our collective responsibility in the unexpected hole that has opened up in our daily lives, be alert to discover our complicity, change direction and direct actions towards building a just earth is an urgent task. (OR)