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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Mexican congress approves keeping military in police work

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Mexico’s Congress has approved a constitutional reform that allows the armed forces to continue performing domestic law enforcement duties through 2028.

Putting soldiers on the streets to fight crime was long viewed as a stopgap measure to fight drug gang violence, and legislators had previously said civilian police should take over those duties by 2024.

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