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Security & Strategic Review - November 2024
MEXICO: Militarisation concerns as national guard reform becomes law
In one of his final acts as president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024) promulgated into law a controversial constitutional reform initiative to place the national guard (GN) under military command. The reform, which received the support of his successor, President Claudia Sheinbaum, in her inauguration speech on 1 October, will consolidate the militarisation of the GN, which was originally conceived as a civilian policing force. Sheinbaum’s support for the reform has fuelled concerns surrounding the continuation of militarisation under the new government.
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