The article discusses The Independent's commitment to providing accessible journalism on key issues such as reproductive rights and climate change. It highlights the transitioning security strategy in Mexico, where President Claudia Sheinbaum is moving away from a military focus to establish a new civilian investigative force, the National Operations Unit (UNO), aimed at tackling drug cartels. Understanding the need for credible journalism during significant political moments, The Independent refrains from using paywalls, ensuring its reporting is available to all Americans, thereby enhancing informed public discourse.
Six years ago Mexico's president disbanded the country's Federal Police and handed security responsibilities fully to the military. Now, his successor has quietly begun to build an elite civilian investigative and special operations force to fight the drug cartels.
Sheinbaum's security chief, Omar Garcia Harfuch, is drawing on his law enforcement contacts mostly from the former ranks of the Federal Police to claw back security capabilities from the armed forces with a civilian force under his direct command.
The government has yet to formally announce the new National Operations Unit, known by its Spanish initials UNO, but its existence is an open secret among former members of the Federal Police.
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