Security Update (Wed)

Mexican presidential aspirant Andrés Manuel López Obrador has drawn back his 'civic resistance' campaign from situations in which he ran the risk of a direct clashes with the army or the federal police. One of the reasons was the visible waning of public support for his campaign. Another was the fear that deliberate attempts might be made to provoke such confrontations, with the purpose of drawing the federal forces into acts of repression which, in turn, would radicalise the 'resistance'.