Mexican Politics
Lopez-Meza 10 Verenice Lopez-Meza
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Secretary of Municipal Public Security of Tijuana, B.C
Mexico has lived through important challenges on maintaining the public security since the last decades of our time. The threats and violent actions of organized crime has oppressed and taken away the rights of individuals and forced people to live in fear. When Tijuana, Baja California was in a time of high violence and crime during 2006 and 2010, the police revealed its innumerous weakness among the corporation, and it showed the necessity to transform all of its levels and structures. However, since the geographic extension of crisis in Tijuana is a matter of national security, federal help had to come in action. This is the time when change came from the previous President, Felipe Calderon. He ordered commander militaries to transform, internally, the police corporation of Tijuana, and gave Julian Leyzaola the position of Secretary of Municipal Public Security. I believe my thesis holds true that the Secretary of Municipal Public Security made internal change reducing corruption, delinquency, and created public confidence to help the democratization process of Mexico through the armed and military force in Tijuana, Baja California.
Tijuana is a municipality of the state of Baja California and plays an important role in the democratization of Mexico. Tijuana is located in one of the most metropolitan areas of the country, and along with San Diego, California they form the greatest transnational metropolitan zone of Mexico. According to Wikipedia, “The 2012 population of the region was 5,271,078, making it the largest bi-national conurbation shared between the United States and Mexico and the third largest in the world” (Wikipedia, 2013). Tijuana borders with San Ysidro, California and together form the most transited border of the country. Thus, it is a vulnerable entrance point for illegal trafficking of drugs, which has been one of Mexico’s greatest
PLSI
Secretary of Municipal Public Security of Tijuana, B.C
Mexico has lived through important challenges on maintaining the public security since the last decades of our time. The threats and violent actions of organized crime has oppressed and taken away the rights of individuals and forced people to live in fear. When Tijuana, Baja California was in a time of high violence and crime during 2006 and 2010, the police revealed its innumerous weakness among the corporation, and it showed the necessity to transform all of its levels and structures. However, since the geographic extension of crisis in Tijuana is a matter of national security, federal help had to come in action. This is the time when change came from the previous President, Felipe Calderon. He ordered commander militaries to transform, internally, the police corporation of Tijuana, and gave Julian Leyzaola the position of Secretary of Municipal Public Security. I believe my thesis holds true that the Secretary of Municipal Public Security made internal change reducing corruption, delinquency, and created public confidence to help the democratization process of Mexico through the armed and military force in Tijuana, Baja California.
Tijuana is a municipality of the state of Baja California and plays an important role in the democratization of Mexico. Tijuana is located in one of the most metropolitan areas of the country, and along with San Diego, California they form the greatest transnational metropolitan zone of Mexico. According to Wikipedia, “The 2012 population of the region was 5,271,078, making it the largest bi-national conurbation shared between the United States and Mexico and the third largest in the world” (Wikipedia, 2013). Tijuana borders with San Ysidro, California and together form the most transited border of the country. Thus, it is a vulnerable entrance point for illegal trafficking of drugs, which has been one of Mexico’s greatest
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