THE MEXICAN PATH TO A REFORM OF THE NATIONAL PUBLIC SECURITY SYSTEM

BUDGETARY EFFORT IN THE FEDERAL ENTITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES (2008-2015)

Abstract

Th is paper looks at the complicated situation that mexico has been facing
since the beginning of the national public security system reform process
in 2006. Th e decision to reform mexican security institutions had
been delayed. when the country decided to face up to this challenge,
both organized crime and the structural failings of the security agencies
forced the government to take on a double challenge: to recover ungovernable
territories infi ltrated by organized crime – for which the state will
need to fall back on the armed forces, and to fully restructure the national
public security system. Th is paper shows that the argument that
mexico doesn’t invest enough resources in public security is not in line
with reality, but rather that precisely federal and municipal entities have
invested the most. Th is argument that is in stark contrast to the scarce
results that are to be seen forces society to take a concerned look at the
destination and use of public resources and highlights the importance of
the debate on the police «single command» in mexican federal entities.