Mexico's president has ordered security forces to take a hands-off approach when dealing with criminals
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskThis narrative looked shaky in August when violence flared in four of Mexico’s 32 states, leaving at least 260 people dead. In Ciudad Juárez a fight between two gangs in a prison spilled out into the city.
For a start, he tends to place all the blame on previous presidents. And in one sense he is right to: the policy of taking out drug kingpins, started by Felipe Calderón during his term as president from 2006 to 2012, had the consequence of fragmenting gangs. But for all the faults of the past administrations, at least they had a strategy, says Evan Ellis, a security specialist.
The president’s prickly nationalism may also have made things worse. In 2020 Congress passed a law that requires foreign agents to share all intelligence with Mexican officials. This law, most likely aimed at the, the United States’ drug-enforcement administration, has made it difficult to operate because foreign governments cannot be certain their Mexican counterparts will not pass on information to the gangs themselves .
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Several violent episodes in Mexico suggest a worrying trendMexico's president has ordered security forces to take a hands-off approach when dealing with criminals
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