The staging of a media coup
Diego Martin Velazquez Caballero
The attack suffered by Ciro Gómez Leyva has tried to demonstrate the repressive capacity of the Fourth Transformation against opposition journalism and, nevertheless, the communicator's own actions have ended up demonstrating that the members of the red circle are not champions of liberal capitalist democracy but mercenaries of the American drug empire in charge of carrying out an Operation Success in Mexico. True heirs of Jorge Prieto Laurens more than of Manuel Buendía. Or does Calvo Sotelo already feel?
From the moment the journalist approaches the home of Manlio Fabio Beltrones, the dilemma that arises between going to the corresponding authorities or the help of the magical godparents is observed. Gómez Leyva has been the promoter of a soft media coup against Mexico, by victimizing himself as a node of freedom and reflecting all the negative things that happen in the country during the AMLO presidency and not for years. Gómez Leyva does not trust the Mexican government, as hundreds of compatriots do in their usual reality, impunity has always been the whole of Mexico, not now. Mexico has been one of the most dangerous countries in the world for decades to practice journalism, it is not a current issue. I hope that the journalists of the red circle soon realize the aggressive reality that thousands of Mexican communicators live. The stupidity of Ciro Gómez Leyva to accuse that AMLO destroyed Mexican Denmark after 2018, shows the degree of corruption, cynicism, influentialism and affluence that aristocratic journalism lives.
Despite the fact that Gómez Leyva's critical ethics leads him to refute government results every second, the first thing he does is communicate with representatives of drug trafficking to request information regarding his mishap and almost propose a Sicilian pact while listening to the audience. This is not the case of other journalists who have inquired with the protagonists of drug trafficking groups to understand the logic of the struggle and government corruption, p. eg Julius Scherer. What happened to Gómez Leyva happened to thousands of Mexicans, from the combi or minibus to the domiciliary residences; but it must be recognized that his journalism encourages impunity and motivates violence as do the television series of the companies where he has worked.
The classism and aporophobia of the commentocracy of the red circle has no limits. Why does nobody remember the journalists from La Jornada and other local media outlets killed by organized crime in different entities? How many of the Mexican journalists have armored trucks? How are those in the red circle going to be the victims with so many billions in agreements? Ciro is not Manuel Buendía, on the contrary. Why isn't Gomez Leyva so critical of Loret de Mola despite the evidence of his lies and corrupt associations? Why doesn't he criticize the multi-million dollar agreements historically made by the companies where he has worked with the political parties in power?
Ciro Gómez Leyva, like Kate del Castillo, knows that the Mexican State has its limits and, sometimes, frankly in the majority, does not want to, cannot, confront the narco-power. The construction of a State depends on the governmental structure and the disposition of a people to form citizenship. The State without soldiers, bureaucrats and citizens, especially the latter, only exists in the imagination. The characters in question are not good Mexican citizens, nor are they willing to be, like the vast majority of society and, specifically, the groups that have greater economic privileges. The bourgeoisies are more prone to liberal anarchy than marginalized social groups, this can also be evidenced from historical inferences regarding the social order.
And, then, what is Ciro Gómez Leyva complaining about if with his actions he assumes that he prefers another type of patronage? Businessmen, drug traffickers or the CIA; that to harm Mexico are the same? What do you ask of the Mexican State if you know that it is defeated in the face of the drug addicted Imperialism of the United States of America?
The defeat of the Mexican State against US drug trafficking is total. The war cannot be won when everyone submits to the drug empire and the imaginary state is required to do something. Without taxpayers, without soldiers, without citizens, who is being asked to bring order? Over time, most of the actors submit to the account of the Yankee drug empire, it is easier to be part of the problem instead of building a solution. The narco-empire gives Ciro and Kate armored trucks and CIA agents, but contributes to the extermination of thousands of journalists who broadcast the war in their communities. It is not a self-attack, it is a coup and betrayal of Mexico.