Mexico’s Senate passed a bill early Friday handing control of the country’s recently created National Guard over to the military.
When the National Guard was created under a Constitutional reform in 2019, it was placed under civilian control. But most of its training and recruitment has been done from within the army.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says the guard must now be under military command, to prevent corruption. The lower house of Congress already approved the measure, and Lopez Obrador is expected to sign it into law.
Mexico’s Senate votes to hand over National Guard to army
Categories: