Mexico City, Mexico -- A nine-year-old girl was shot and killed by Mexican National Guard officers in San Luis Potosí, in central Mexico. Guard members reportedly opened fire when the car carrying the little girl and her family failed to stop at a highway checkpoint in the early hours of the morning. Two guard members have been arrested for the July murder.
The tragic shooting has further illustrated the increased militarization of Mexico's civilian-led National Guard during the presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. His protegé and successor, President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, as well as ruling MORENA party officials, look to further the convergence of the scandal-ridden body with the military as the party prepares a bill to integrate the Guard into the Army, something that has drawn concern from human rights groups
