Overview

• The state’s citizen security agency had assigned 120 state police agents as personal escorts for business clients, elected officials and individuals under court orders
• Starting August 1, all 43 agents protecting businessmen were recalled and reassigned to general policing duties
• Article 34 Bis of Mexico’s Firearms and Explosives Law bars collective-license weapons from private security activities, triggering the withdrawal
• Authorities have launched individual threat assessments for 38 agents assigned to elected officials to determine ongoing escort needs
• The 39 agents safeguarding activists, journalists and other court-protected cases remain deployed with periodic risk reviews