The fallout from the Martí case continues: Marcelo Ebrard made his own structural change to Mexico City's security forces: the long disrespected Judicial Police will disappear, replaced by the Investigatory Police, which will focus primarily on kidnappings. He also announced the creation of a $10 million fund from which rewards will be paid to citizens who serve up information about kidnappers.
The speed at which Mexico's leaders are responding to this crisis is impressive, but it makes you wonder how much it has all been thought through, if politicians are more worried about being seen to respond than actually responding. For instance: is the Investigatory Police going to amount to more than a change in name for the Judicial Police? Is Calderón's proposal of life sentences for kidnappers going to be accompanied by any rise in the conviction rate? Is the federal anti-kidnapping division, which seems to have been thrown together at breakneck speed, the result of careful planning and adequate training? I think it's great that there's this groundswell of outrage against criminals and even better that the government at all levels seems to be responding, but it remains to be seen if all this will lead to an improvement in security.
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