Mexico's Security Chief Quietly Forms an Elite Force to Take On the Drug Cartels

Mexico’s Security Chief Quietly Forms An Elite Force To Take On The Drug Cartels

Six years ago Mexico’s president disbanded the country’s Federal Police and handed security responsibilities fully to the military. Now, his successor has quietly begun to build an elite civilian investigative and special operations force to fight the drug cartels. President Claudia Sheinbaum had already shown a willingness early in her presidency to move away from former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s oft-criticized “hugs, not bullets”…

Its members are basically federal ex-cops and members of the special operations team that García Harfuch created in Mexico City when he led the capital police.

Mexico's Security Chief Quietly Forms an Elite Force to Take On the Drug Cartels

The government has yet to formally announce the new National Operations Unit, known by its Spanish initials UNO, but its existence is an open secret among former members of the Federal Police, where García Harfuch started his career.

Mexico's security chief quietly forms an elite force to take on the drug cartels

Six years ago Mexico’s president disbanded the country’s Federal Police and handed security responsibilities fully to the military.

Mexico Top Security Official Introduces Elite Unit To Combat Top Cartel Operatives

The UNO force counts with powers of prevention, investigation and response to high-impact situations

After years of militarization, Mexico returns to civilian crime-fighting: President Claudia Sheinbaum silently forms a new elite unit called "Uno" to target drug cartels. Does this have anything to do with US President Trump exerting pressure?