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Weekly Report - 19 September 2019 (WR-19-37)
MEXICO: Deficiencies in GN deployment highlighted
The deployment of Mexico’s newly created national guard (GN) was billed as a turning point in efforts to reduce violence and improve public security in the country by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. But two months on from the GN’s official launch, there is little sign of improvement. Meanwhile, critics argue that the new force is being used inefficiently.
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