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Mexico City Deploys 15,000 Police for Back-to-School Security Operation

City officials cast the rollout as a pillar of a broader education push connecting safety with campus upgrades plus mental‑health support.

Overview

  • The plan is set to cover more than 2 million students across roughly 7,000 schools as classes resume on Monday.
  • Units from the Preventive, Banking and Industrial, Auxiliary, Transit and School Police will staff entrances and exits with foot and vehicle patrols starting at 6:00 a.m.
  • Authorities say the effort is designed to protect students, teachers, parents and nearby residents in school zones, with C2 and C5 reinforcing monitoring and ERUM ready for emergencies.
  • The operation adds traffic devices, safe-route corridors and oversight on public transport during morning and afternoon shifts, and cuadrant chiefs will maintain direct contact with each campus for rapid response.
  • Officials report the Auxilio Escolar program reduced recorded school fights from 230 in March to 94 in June, and the security push is paired with a 13,000 million peso school-upgrade plan plus programs 1, 2, 3 Por mi Escuela and Vida Plena, Corazón Contento.