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Mexican Presidential Candidate Ebrard Calls for Facial Recognition Network to Cut Crime
- Ebrard is among the frontrunners to be nation’s next leader
- Mexico’s homicide rate has overtaken that of Colombia
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One of the frontrunners to be Mexico’s next president, Marcelo Ebrard, proposed the use of facial recognition technology to combat crime in the first concrete policy proposal since the ruling party’s primary process started last month.
Ebrard, a former Foreign Affairs Minister, is seeking the nomination of the ruling Morena party of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ahead of elections in June 2024. The race has heated up as candidates have begun touring while still hewing close to the platform of the popular president, before the party is expected to announce its pick in September.