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Mexico & Nafta - December 2012 (ISSN 1741-444X)
Coahuila - a testbed for the PRI
Recent events in Coahuila, which since early October has become the main theatre of operations in the Mexican security forces’ fight against organised crime, show why President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto is so keen on introducing sweeping changes to the country’s security apparatus. In particular, the fallout from the murder of José Eduardo Moreira Rodríguez [RM-12-11] has once again highlighted the inadequacies of municipal police forces in dealing with organised crime; as well as the acknowledged need to strengthen the federal police (PF) so that it can operate without having to rely on the armed forces. Moreira Rodríguez’s murder has shaken Peña Nieto’s Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), explaining its urgency in seeking these reforms.
