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No war on narcos, Mexico's new president vows as she outlines plan to reduce violence

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum unveils her strategy to fight organized crime in a nation facing cartel wars, assassinations and massacres.

No war on narcos, Mexico's new president vows as she outlines plan to reduce violence

Rejecting a renewed “war” against drug traffickers, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday unveiled her strategy to battle organized crime in a nation where each day brings word of new assassinations, gang wars, massacres and other bloodshed.

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Instead, she outlined a four-point strategy that emphasized intelligence-gathering, troop deployment, improved federal-state coordination and providing opportunities to dissuade impoverished young people from joining organized crime — which is among Mexico’s major employers.

A centerpiece of the plan is doubling down on the often-criticized “hugs not bullets” strategy of Sheinbaum’s predecessor and mentor, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

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