澳门六合彩

The inauguration of Mexican President Andr茅s Manuel L贸pez Obrador on December 1, 2018 opens a new era in the country's security relationship with the United States. For the past 11 years, the United States and Mexico have anchored that relationship in a policy of shared responsibility where increased collaboration to address common security challenges has been the hallmark. Often referred to as the Merida Initiative, the content and particular focus of the strategy has evolved with successive presidential transitions but has remained true to a central agenda of dismantling transnational organized crime; strengthening the institutional capacity of Mexico's law enforcement and security forces; improving border security; and investing in communities to prevent crime and lower violence.

澳门六合彩's Mexico Institute released a new report, "Where Do We Go from Here? Merida 2.0 and the Future of Mexico-United States Security Cooperation," as experts reflected on the experiences of the past 11 years; discussed what has worked; and suggested new approaches to future security cooperation.

Selected Quotes

Eric Olson

鈥淭here needs to be a shift towards rebuilding the state at the local level.鈥�

鈥淯nless you rebuild the capacities locally, at both the municipal and state levels, the problem will persist. That鈥檚 what organized crime takes advantage of the weaknesses of the state at the local level.鈥�

I帽igo Guevara

"Mexican law is ambitiously ambiguous for a reason, and it鈥檚 something that comes from Mexico鈥檚 colonial times; when they would receive instructions or new laws from Spain, the instruction was 'Apl铆quese mas no se acate.'" [translation: 'Implement it, but don't operationalize it.']

鈥淚n the case of corruption, Mexico does not need austerity. It needs an exorcism, frankly, and by exorcism I mean an exorcist of technology听鈥撎齭pecialized training and a very strong operational foundation to go after corruption.鈥�

Maureen Meyer

鈥淎s L贸pez Obrador鈥檚 government moves forward on their agenda of wanting to address violence, corruption, [and] human rights violation, you need a functional criminal justice system.鈥�

鈥淥ne of the concerns that we have seen in the National Plan on Peace and Security is that there hasn鈥檛 been, so far, from his administration, a state of priority focusing on judicial reforms鈥� On the contrary, it鈥檚 mostly focused on increasing penalties for crimes, which is not necessarily the best way to really get it done to the widespread of impunity in Mexico.鈥�
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