Mexican Armed Forces & Security
June 5, 2016 | Tony Payan

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Tony Payan
Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies | Director, Center for the United States and MexicoBy Tony Payan and Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera
For nearly 40 years, Mexico's armed forces have been engaged in tasks more closely aligned with public safety than national security. This issue brief examines the challenges of assigning internal security duties to the military and argues for a new law that governs the country's safety and security.