Mexico approves amendment for new National Guard sabcnews
However, after amendments to reduce the military's role in the new force, Congress passed the legislation almost unanimously, with just one vote against in the lower house.
Lopez Obrador’s original proposal was sharply criticized by human rights groups, which said the new force would permanently militarize the country. Once the remaining state legislatures vote on the reform, a formality, the federal Congress will officially publish it, at which point it comes into force.
Since the 2006 deployment, Mexico has registered nearly 250,000 murders, including a record 33 334 last year as fragmented cartels wage war on the authorities and each other.
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