MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday ruled out changes to security policies after the assassination of a mayor in the violent state of Michoacan again raised questions about her administration’s actions to confront criminal groups that control vast parts of the country.

In response to the shock generated by the lethal attack against Uruapan Mayor Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez , Sheinbaum defended her policies, saying she has reduced homicides and accused her adversaries of acting like vultures and scavengers following the mayor’s assassination.

“Some are calling for militarization and war, as happened with the war on drugs. That didn’t work,” Sheinbaum said, affirming her focus on reinforcing the presence of security forces in Michoacan and other states,

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