Mexican federal military troops killed 19 suspected drug cartel members in a shootout Monday within the northern state of Sinaloa. Mexico’s Protection Division stated the troopers, none of whom suffered any casualties, acted in self-defense after being attacked by gunmen on the outskirts of Culiacan, the state capital. (AP)
Our Take
The shootout Monday marks the primary main safety incident underneath new Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. Her predecessor and mentor, former President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, generally known as AMLO, notably took an more and more militarized strategy to safety all through his six-year time period, and earlier than leaving workplace he took steps to cement his insurance policies in place.
Consequently, there was a lot hypothesis earlier than Sheinbaum assumed the presidency in regards to the extent to which she would shift the nation’s safety insurance policies, probably to match the data-driven strategy she took as mayor of Mexico Metropolis. Though she has solely been in workplace a number of weeks, the shootout earlier this week in Sinaloa and the context round it seem to level to a continuation of AMLO’s militarized technique.
