Mexican military to take over airports as president takes aim at corruption, mismanagement

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Mexico's armed forces are taking control of the capital's main airport, and the government plans to give the military control of nearly a dozen more across the country as the president takes aim at corruption and mismanagement.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has been setting the armed forces to a wide range of nontraditional tasks since he was elected in 2018, creating concerns about the separation of the military from civilian life.

The airport also had a reputation for stolen luggage, mismanaged airline schedules, business without contracts and corruption. The navy will form a company called Casiopea to run the airport and six others that have "deficiencies" and are "in the hands of organized crime," Velazquez Tiscareno said. Among them will be Matamoros, across the border from Texas, and Playa del Carmen on the Gulf of Mexico.

While navy operational control could help some security issues, experts don't believe it will resolve other problems. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration downgraded Mexico's aviation safety rating in 2021, preventing Mexican airlines from expanding flights to the U.S.

 

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