Barracks law

摘要

When he took office as Mexico's W president in December 2006, Felipe Calderon was faced with the unchecked and violent power of drug gangs and a corrupt and ineffective set of police forces. So he turned to the army, sending some 45,000 troops to patrol the streets in the most troubled cities. It was supposed to be an emergency measure. But the troops are still there, and since they are not trained for policing duties, perhaps inevitably from time to time there are allegations that they abuse their powers. What is less inevitable is that their crimes seem to be going unpunished.