Back

Security & Strategic Review - March 2015 (ISSN 1741-4202)

MEXICO: Fall in kidnapping figures is contested (again)

The satisfaction drawn by federal officials from the figures that showed a fall in the number of reported kidnappings has been dimmed not only by the reiteration of challenges to its statistics but also, to a greater extent, by the arrest of a number of federal officers accused of involvement in the kidnapping of a businessman in Tamaulipas (on the heels of another such episode in Baja California), and by off-the-record admissions, picked up by the media, that the much-heralded anti-kidnapping units across the country are not functioning as expected.

End of preview - This article contains approximately 967 words.

Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article

Not a Subscriber?

Choose from one of the following options

LatinNews
Intelligence Research Ltd.
167-169 Great Portland Street,
5th floor,
London, W1W 5PF - UK
Phone : +44 (0) 203 695 2790
Contact
You may contact us via our online contact form
Copyright © 2022 Intelligence Research Ltd. All rights reserved.