Mexican Politics & Whack-a-mole: Mexico’s House of Deputies Likely to Approve Police State Law

 Mexico’s House of Deputies Likely to Approve Police State Law: "Mexico’s House of Deputies has brought the country to the cusp of a police state. The reform to the National Security Law now before the lower house would grant sweeping military powers to the executive and limit congressional oversight of domestic military activity. It would grant President Felipe Calderón the ability to effectively declare states of exception without congressional approval and unilaterally use the military against any group he deems to be a “threat to internal security.”"