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The only way to solve a problem that already exists, like insecurity, is with force, with the force of the State. As I have said on other occasions, every state is stronger than its criminal groups present in its territory.

I believe there is no government that cannot eliminate crime. It's absurd. The Leviathan, the state, is always stronger than any criminal organization.

And of course, that criminal organization in Brazil is much larger, but the state of Brazil is also much larger, stronger, and more powerful than the criminal organization.

I gave the example because many times they say, 'No, it's the drugs and all that.' I say, I'll give the example of Europe. I am totally against drugs, and here we have a fierce fight against drugs, but in Europe there is a much higher drug consumption than in Latin America, much higher. Legal and illegal. And there are no cartels. There might be dealers, right? But there are no drug cartels, much less controlling territories in Europe. In France, the south of France isn't going to be controlled by one cartel and the north by another. That doesn't happen in Europe. Why? Because the State controls its territory. The French government may have its defects and its virtues, but they control their territory.

And here in Latin America, we can't control the territory. We have to leave that zone to the cartels, the other zone to the criminal organization, and the neighborhoods to the gangs. No, it can't be. Something has to be wrong. It can't be that countries as densely populated as India or China have their territory controlled. Modern countries like Western Europe have their territory controlled. The United States, a country with a lot of criminality, many problems with drug addiction, poverty, etc., doesn't have a single millimeter controlled by a cartel. You don't see a neighborhood where the cartel controls South Dakota. There's nothing like that, right? Why? Why in the 50 states of the United States, with its problems? Because the United States is far from being the model society, right? But why isn't there a single state of the 50 states controlled by a cartel? Or Canada, where 80% is uninhabited? 'Oh, it's because in Brazil we have the jungle.' Canada has impenetrable territories, you can't pass through, tundra and everything. And there isn't a single criminal organization that controls a little corner of Canada. It would be unthinkable. The Canadian army would immediately arrive and remove them. And here in Latin America, they control large sectors of Mexico, large sectors of Colombia, large sectors of Brazil. How is it possible that a criminal organization can take over an entire territory and the government can't remove them? Because they are in the government.