On Tuesday, Mayor Adrián de la Garza attended the meeting convened by the President of the Republic, Claudia Sheinbaum, to strengthen the national security strategy. At the conclusion of the meeting, which was attended by the mayors of 61 municipalities across the country, the mayor of Monterrey explained that they were presented with information from the federal Social Intervention and Crime Prevention Program. "We reviewed the entire security and crime prevention strategy, which is aligned on cultural, educational, and sports issues, with safe walkways, lighting, and, in short, with many of the actions we are already doing in Monterrey," he reported. The dialogue with local authorities was to reinforce the four pillars of the national security plan: addressing the root causes, increasing intergovernmental coordination, strengthening investigations, and consolidating the National Guard and municipal police. Armando Quintero, coordinator of the National Institute for Federalism and Municipal Development, detailed that the selection of most of the invited cities was based on educational, cultural, and poverty backlogs, which tend to have higher crime rates. De la Garza reiterated the actions being taken at the local level in this area and emphasized the 37% reduction in crime. He announced that the federal government will allocate resources to support the municipality in its efforts to keep crime rates low.
