| Government Delays Launch of New 'Gendarmerie' Police Force Until Next Year Agence France-Presse | |
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Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, with Defense Secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos in Mexico City, plans to create a national gendarmerie as part of his security strategy. (Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images)
MEXICO CITY - Mexico is delaying the launch of its gendarmerie, a centerpiece of the government's new security strategy, and will not fill its ranks with soldiers after all, an official said this week.
The force, modeled after similar militarised police units in France and Spain, will be activated early next year with around 4,000 and 5,000 recruits, said National Security Commission chief Manuel Mondragon.
"They will all be strictly chosen from civilian personnel, they will get military training," Mondragon, who is also head of the federal police, told the Televisa channel.
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