Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador arrives at the military civic parade on the 212th anniversary of the cry of independence at the Zocalo in Mexico City.
Photographer: Luis Barron / Eyepix Group/Future Publishing via Getty Images
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AMLO Expanded Mexico’s Military. It Built Airports Instead of Reining In Murders
Lopez Obrador tasked the armed forces with building infrastructure and ensuring public safety. His term will end with newly constructed transport hubs, hotels and a museum — and more than 170,000 murders.
In his six years as Mexico’s president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gave his country’s military two important jobs: build infrastructure works to supercharge the economy and rein in violent crime.