The Activist Considers It Important to Build Closer Ties to Achieve Greater Peace and Calls the Ban on Political Aspirations for Dual Nationals a “Witch Hunt”
Fernando del Collado speaks with Julián LeBarón, an aspirant for the governorship of Chihuahua, who tells President Sheinbaum that trying to lead the country toward “fighting” with the United States is not exactly intelligent. “We have a thousand kilometers of border with the economic empire of the world, and fighting with that country is idiotic.” On the contrary, he adds, “we have to extend our embrace to the U.S.; there are 40 million Mexicans there and we are brothers. We have to become closer and closer as brothers in order to have peace,” he says.
In addition, LeBarón reminds her that blocking the political aspirations of citizens with dual nationality is nothing more than a “witch hunt,” and ironically points out that “even if you have 100 nationalities, that is not an indicator of where our heart and our loyalty are.”
The loyalty and heart of Julián LeBarón, an aspirant from the Somos political group for the Chihuahua governorship in 2027, are focused on eliminating the destruction of public institutions, impunity, and violence from his home state: “I do it because there is blood on the ground in Chihuahua, from my family, and I am not willing to allow that to be acceptable.” For the businessman, today’s governments “seem more like a criminal organization than a public service.” What he seeks, without beating around the bush, is “for the people of Chihuahua and Chihuahua to become the freest state in our country.”
The civil activist, who has mobilized against organized crime since the Bavispe massacre, in which nine of his relatives were murdered in 2019, says that he does not want the opposition in the state to become divided. He acknowledges that he has been approached by the PAN and Movimiento Ciudadano, and he does not rule out an alliance with the PRI. His “move,” he says, “is to be a voice representing the two-thirds or more of Mexicans who never vote in elections because they are disgusted with our system.” Nevertheless, what he is clear about is that he does not intend to “play into Morena’s hands.” “They accuse me of wanting to divide the opposition, and I say, what opposition? It is more of an assumption.”
Julián LeBarón describes Senator and former governor Javier Corral as “extremely corrupt” and a “narco-governor,” calling him “the worst governor in the state.” Regarding the current PAN governor, Maru Campos, he regrets that the “state is in terrible shape” and calls on the people of Chihuahua to mobilize and go out to vote in the upcoming elections: “in 2027, it is up to all of us to fight against fear.”
Source: latinus.us
