Violent Threats to Governability

MEXICO - Report 08 Oct 2014 by Guillermo Valdes and Esteban Manteca
Executive Summary In recent weeks a number of violent incidents, as well as the emergence of a student movement at the second most important public institution of higher learning in Mexico, have tested the government’s ability to guarantee the security of Mexican citizens and to avoid head-on confrontations with civil society.The security related developments included the brazen September 22 kidnapping and murder of federal congressman Gabriel Gómez Michel. The second case involves 22 civilians in a central Mexican town whose death on the morning of June 30 officials insisted came during a ...

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