Scenarios in Crisis of Justice/Security

MEXICO - Report 11 Dec 2014 by Guillermo Valdes and Esteban Manteca

Executive SummaryAmid the dual-faceted political crisis Mexico is experiencing – an institutional crisis and a crisis of leadership and legitimacy – and under mounting pressure to produce quick results, last week the administration of President Enrique Peña Nieto cobbled together a series of disparate measures that he promises will bolster the rule of law and the system of justice. But the only component of the plan that could possibly have an immediate impact is the special initiative in the Tierra Caliente region, in which responsibility for public security is being transferred to federal...

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