02-07-2025
Mexico Senate OKs Security Bills Modeled on Sheinbaum's Approach
Mexico's Senate approved several government-backed security bills that aim to bolster crime fighting by improving investigation and intelligence capacities, an approach the opposition says risks allowing invasive surveillance.
Reducing stubbornly high levels of violent crime in Latin America's No. 2 economy is a key priority of the nine-month-old government of President Claudia Sheinbaum. Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch, a former capital police chief when Sheinbaum was Mexico City mayor, and the president have said they aim to replicate their previous approach nationwide.
