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Weekly Report - 15 December 2016 (WR-16-49)

MEXICO: Getting the troops off the streets

This month sees the tenth anniversary of a momentous decision: the deployment of Mexico’s armed forces to combat the country’s drug cartels. Ten years on, the debate is over how, if, and when, to try and get the military off the streets and back into their barracks. It is also – rather late in the day – about trying to find an acceptable legal framework for what the troops actually do when they are on patrol amidst the civilian population.

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