• Mexican authorities are failing to adequately investigate high numbers of homicides, most of them by organized crime groups.
• Militarizing law enforcement, depriving suspects of due process guarantees, and politicizing judges’ rulings has not made Mexicans safer or improved abysmal justice system outcomes.
• President Claudia Sheinbaum should address the central problem in Mexico’s criminal justice system, which is the ineffective and abusive investigative practices of many prosecutors’ offices.