EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) -- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Sunday outlined the public safety plan that she and her Cabinet crafted to restore control and peace in the crime-ridden state of Michoacan.

The plan, a response to the recent assassination of a popular mayor, involves sending money and more troops to the state.

Mexican officials said nearly 1,000 additional troops were scheduled to arrive in Michoacan on Monday, bringing the total of federal forces in the state to more than 10,000.

But a major part of the plan -- the “Michoacan Plan for Peace and Justice” -- calls for investing billions of dollars in social programs.

Sheinbaum has repeatedly said that she does not believe in going to war with the cartels and that ending poverty with these welfare programs will he

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