Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn into office Wednesday as the first elected female mayor of Mexico City and immediately announced she would dissolve the riot police.
“The police are there to protect the people, and we don’t need a police force to repress them,” said Sheinbaum.
Sheinbaum pledged to build cable cars to impoverished slums, and improve bus and subway service.
She also said replacement housing would be built for people who lost their homes and apartments in the 2017 earthquakes.
The previous administration had offered loans for rebuilding, but residents wanted the government to pay for the new units . . .
