Oscar Blue Ramirez

Also, the oppression by the police hitting the press.

They

basically injured a lot of international press.

And this is leading up because of the statements of the president saying that she doesn't want to go to war with the cartel because she thinks that it is illegal, Steve.

That is her statements, knowing that she has been consistently pressured due to the fact that the people are pressuring her to eliminate and eradicate this problem.

And because they have been assassinating and they're killing the good ones, Steve, and that is the number one reason why this protest started.

He was categorized as a Mexican bukele.

That was as simple as that.

He was always, he went as a mayor of Uruapan, independent.

He ran independent.

He got out of the leftist political party because he said that it was a lot of corruption.

And that is one of the reasons why the left political party in Mexico did not support him.

He always confronted the cartel.

He made always these videos saying, I'm going after you and I'm going to use the law enforcement and the constitutional law to just basically eradicate you.

And the threats started happening to him.

The people supported him a lot because he did not only supported that the family, you know, the hospitals to get better hospitals and also to get, you know, better the legal system in the city of Uruapan.

But also he was sending a message that he wanted to be a governor.

And later on, he was

potentially going to be president, and he was going to change our country.

And, you know, due to the fact that he was being threatened by the cartels, he started asking for help for the president to say, you know what, I need the military.