Omar García Harfuch, Mexico’s security minister,  in Mexico City on Aug. 12.

Omar García Harfuch, Mexico’s security minister,  in Mexico City on Aug. 12.

Photographer: Fred Ramos/Bloomberg

Battle-Tested Cop Is Mexico's Hope to Tame Cartels and Placate Trump

Omar García Harfuch survived a harrowing cartel hit. Now he's trying to pacify one of the world's most violent nations — and the Trump administration.

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His heart pounding, Omar García Harfuch crouched inside an armored SUV as hooded cartel assassins opened fire in one of Mexico City’s wealthiest neighborhoods just as dawn broke one morning in 2020.