Flawed investigations, camera limitations plague Mexico City’s surveillance system

In the last decade, Mexico City has installed the largest video surveillance system in the Americas, altering the way criminal investigations are conducted for better or worse. One Presidential candidates’ future plans for the system include the introduction of more biometrics.

Over the past two decades, the city's governments have made video surveillance central to policing in an attempt to combat violent crime caused by the drug war.

In 2009, Mexico City’s administration installed the first 8,000 security cameras in …

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