Pena Nieto and Prevention: Thinking about Mexico's Violence in the Long-term Peter Demers - International Affairs Review
go to original March 18, 2013

Al Jazeera's Adam Raney looks at whether Enrique Pena Nieto delivered on promises he made as a candidate. (AlJazeeraEnglish)

In the past few weeks, the newly inaugurated president of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, has started to take his country’s security agenda in a surprising new direction. His plans to make changes to former President Calderón’s frontal assault on organized crime were no secret, yet his recent reforms may suggest a more direct break than he had let on.

Not only did he push for swift establishment of a new public security force, but he also focused his energy upon measures to attack the socioeconomic conditions from which violence arises.

Although President Peña Nieto’s new approach shows promise as a more comprehensive solution to crime and violence in Mexico, it fails to address a major underlying problem that will plague Mexico for years to come: how to reach out and reintegrate into society the criminals that plague the country.

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