President Enrique Peña Nieto could only wait so long before delivering a set-piece speech on security. He deliberately put education reform at the top of his agenda upon taking office on 1 December, but domestic and foreign observers alike were waiting to see his administration’s strategy for combating insecurity and violent crime in Mexico, which spiralled upwards during the
sexenio of his predecessor Felipe Calderόn (2006-2012). During a meeting of the national public security council (CNSP) this week he presented his plan.
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