The head of Mexico’s national security commission (CNS), Manuel Mondragón y Kalb, has tendered his resignation, the first high-ranking public official to do so since Enrique Peña Nieto became president in December 2012. Public security remains the main challenge facing the Peña Nieto government, but Mondragón’s departure comes as the federal security forces have managed to deliver some significant blows to organised crime. As such, speculation abounds that there is more to his decision to step down than the cited “personal reasons”.End of preview - This article contains approximately 698 words.
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