Public Security: More Money, More Work

MEXICO - Report 24 Sep 2014 by Guillermo Valdes and Esteban Manteca

The spending budget proposal for 2015 falls short when it comes to matters of public security. Despite an ambitious plan to overhaul the justice system and the need to strengthen the role state and local security forces play in the fight against crime, the public security budget for next year remains essentially at 2014 levels. The budgets of key institutions, such as the Office of the Attorney General, civilian intelligence agency CISEN and even the Federal Police, have been cut. In fact, the administration’s budget proposal reflects nothing more than an extension of the same inertial appr...

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