After the high-profile kidnapping and brutal murder of a 14-year-old Mexico City boy in June raised outrage among Mexicans, the federal government recently decided to form an anti-kidnapping squad. Since the police were implicated in the aforementioned kidnapping, the authorities are taking special measures to ensure cooperation between levels of the government. To that end, an anti-kidnapping pact would set expectations and operating procedures between state and federal governments, businesspeople, and civil society. There are five planned 24-hour centers, with 300 officers in total. As public sentiment against lawlessness increases, major protests are scheduled for August 30.
