Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador takes part in the inauguration of the government's new militarized National Guard police force in an effort to tackle a deteriorating security situation, at Campo Marte in Mexico City, Mexico June 30, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Sunday his 7-month-old government had yet to make progress in tackling record levels of violence afflicting the country as he launched a new militarised police force tasked with fixing the problem.
Formally inaugurating the new National Guard, veteran leftist Lopez Obrador blamed the economic policies of previous administrations for exacerbating the violence and said his government was rooting out corruption and inequality in Mexico.
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