"Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has announced plans to overhaul the country's municipal police forces after the disappearance of 43 students.
Mr Nieto said he would place all local police units under federal control.
In a televised speech, President Pena Nieto said that "Mexico must change".
He announced proposals for a series of constitutional reforms that would allow the country's 1,800 municipal forces to be dissolved and taken over by state agencies.
The overhaul would begin in Mexico's four most violent states, he added - Tamaulipas, Jalisco, Michoacan and Guerrero.
Under President Pena Nieto's plans, the thousands of local police forces would come under the control of the 31 federal state governments.
The proposals would also seek to simplify the way in which crimes are currently dealt with at a federal, state or local level, the Associated Press news agency reported.
Some local police forces refuse to deal with federal crimes such as drug trafficking.
The reforms are due to be presented to Congress next week.
The mayor of Iguala, Jose Luis Abarca, has been arrested and faces accusations that he ordered police to confront the students on the day of their disappearance."
- Mexico’s new president Peña’s promising start (Economist) (Apr 6th 2013)
"A lot done, and quickly, but much more still to doMr Peña deserves praise for his first four months in office. Having signed a pact with the two main opposition parties to overcome the gridlock that has prevented reforms, especially to the monopolies that hold Mexico back, the new president has targeted the monopolists. An education reform is aimed at seizing control of schools from the teachers’ union,
Mr Peña is not the only one who deserves credit. So does the opposition. It has recognised that Mexicans want change, and is behaving better than the PRI did when out of office.
First, passing a law to make telecoms more competitive is only a first step: it must be implemented effectively. Second, a lot rests on a proposed energy reform (see article). Mexico could be an energy superpower,
the president has resiled from the idea of part-privatising Pemex, but he should at the very least allow it both to offer risk-sharing contracts to private investors for deepwater exploration, shale gas and refining, and to invest more of its profits,
energy reform must go with fiscal changes, which would also finance a social-security reform designed to reduce the incentives for Mexicans to work in the informal economy, as one in two now does.
His predecessor, Felipe Calderón, declared a “war” on drug traffickers which saw70,000 people die in six years, 30,000 “disappear” and extortion and kidnapping become commonplace. strengthening the police and the court system.
drug barons "
Liberalizing the Economy and breaking up monopolies - state and otherwise - would do great for Mexican economy.
Science, Technology And Medicine in Mexico
- State of the World's Science : Why Mexico Struggles to Make Science Pay Off (Scientific American)
"The nation is poised to explode into the information economy"
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