Mexican senate votes to keep troops in police role despite outcry from rights groups
by David Agren in Mexico City from World news | The Guardian on (#3AT6V)
- Lawmakers push through 'interior security law' amid heavy security
- Mexico experienced most murderous year on record in 2017
Mexico's senate has approved controversial legislation enshrining the role of the military in law enforcement, despite soaring violence and repeated allegations that the country's security forces have committed human rights abuses.
Lawmakers pushed through the "interior security law" early on Friday amid heavy security to stop protesters who allege the measure will militarise the country and cement a failed strategy of using soldiers to combat drug cartels.
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