Sonora Blame Game

Ana María Salazar in Mexico Today on the finger-pointing in Sonora:

Ahhhhhhhhh this bickering is disgusting and demeaning…At the end of the day, there is probably going to be 50 dead infants and no one is to blame…or they will blame the lower one on the ladder of guilt…Another march taking place in Hermosillo this weekend, and also they are announcing a march next weekend in Mexico City…Will this mobilization actually matter? Probably not…You can kill close to 50 infants in Mexico and nada…nada… nada…

The difference between this episode and the murder of Fernando Martí last summer has been striking. I guess it's easier to blame someone for a violent murder than an accidence caused by negligence. Whatever the reason, at this distance from the Martí killing, the Iluminemos México march was already planned, and a raft of security legislation was in the offing. With the Hermosillo fire, you get the feeling that everyone is just waiting for the anger to die down so they can move on, which is really sad.