Mexico presidential candidate proposes facial recognition to combat drug trafficking

Fighting between organized crime groups in Mexico has made the country more violent than Colombia in recent years. Mexico presidential candidate Marcelo Ebard, proposed a policy of using facial recognition to combat crime.

According to the UN Office of Drugs and Crime, the homicide rate in the nation has fallen slightly since President Andres Mauel Lopez Obrador began office in 2018, but remains near record highs.

“We have to take responsibility for the fact that today the main preoccupation of …

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