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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Mexican president still vows to give National Guard to Army

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Mexico’s president vowed Wednesday to try again to give control of the National Guard to the Army, despite a Supreme Court ruling against such a move.

The Supreme Court had ruled Tuesday that the Constitution mandates that the Guard, which is now Mexico's main federal law enforcement agency, must be kept under civilian control within the Public Safety Department.

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