Mexico President Pena: Judge My Anti-Violence Strategy in a Year Cecilia Sanchez and Richard Fausset - The Los Angeles Times
go to original March 20, 2013

Pope Francis greets Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and his wife, Angelica Rivera, at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Heads of state and representatives from more than 100 countries attended the pope's inauguration. (Daniel Aguilar/Mexican presidency)

MEXICO CITY — President Enrique Peña Nieto, faced with a gruesome one-day toll of 29 suspected organized crime-related deaths in his country, told reporters Wednesday that Mexicans should give his anti-crime strategy about a year before judging whether it is working.

The violence reported Tuesday in 13 states included the slayings of two members of the  federal police in Ciudad Juarez.

“In a year, we will be able to take stock, to take measure ... and I think that we will be able to see favorable results, a noticeable reduction,” said Peña Nieto, who was visiting Italy for the inauguration Tuesday of Pope Francis.

“That doesn’t mean that in a year, we’ll achieve the objectives laid out by this administration,” he said. “But I think that yes, in one year is the moment to take stock of how this strategy is going.”

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