New Mexican
President To Create Border Force To Stop Illegal Immigrants, Drugs From Central
America
ByRyan Saavedra
@RealSaavedra
July 10, 2018
Mexican president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will
create a border force to stop illegal immigration and stem the tide of drugs
and illegal guns pouring into Mexico from Central and South America.
Alfonso Durazo, Lopez Obrador's future chief of public
security, said in an interview on Sunday that the law enforcement force will be
large and will be part of an overall effort to transform the region out of a
perpetual state of violence and poverty. Bloomberg reports:
Lopez Obrador and the left-wing party he formed in 2014
won a landslide victory in last week’s election after voters disgusted with
rising crime, corruption and poverty kicked the nation’s established parties
out of power. AMLO, as he’s known, also got a boost from pledges to protect
Mexicans against an immigrant crackdown by U.S. President Donald Trump. Now
he’ll be faced with the unenviable task of securing the nation’s own untamed
southern border, while avoiding the hard-line tactics he has criticized Trump
for.
"We’re going to create a border police force that
will be highly specialized," Durazo told Bloomberg. "They need to
apply the law." Bloomberg notes that Durazo's comments were specifically
in reference to "stopping undocumented migrants and human traffickers from
crossing into Mexico."
Lopez Obrador has already caused controversy with some of
the plans he has announced before taking office.
Lopez Obrador announced last week
that he does not intend to use armed security for protection because he
believes that the people will protect him. He also announced his
desire to lower the violence in the cartel-laden nation by "legalizing drugs,
instituting gun control, and reducing punishment for criminals."
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