Thirty days into his presidency, Enrique Pena Nieto has moved swiftly on his promises to transform Mexico's national security strategy, first by covering his left flank politically with his Pacto por Mexico, then by folding the 12 year old Policia Federal into the interior ministry.
More change in Mexico's federal government with regard to national security is on the horizon, but as one Durango radio journalist, Ruben Cardenas, has pointed out, his administration has already seen 1,500 drug related deaths nationwide in President Pena's first 30 days, on track to exceed Felipe Calderon's totals.
Rantburg and Borderland Beat correspondent Chris Covert examines the latest moves by the newly elected government of Enrique Pena Nieto to deal with the widespread violence from Mexico's pervasive organized crime problem.