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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Chaos unfolded at a <keyword id="11922196" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="boxing" source="Orion">boxing</keyword> press conference Thursday.</li><li><keyword id="13570608" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tony-harrison" source="Orion">Tony Harrison</keyword>, who fights <keyword id="13570609" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sergio-garcia" source="Orion">Sergio Garcia</keyword> on Saturday, threw punches at another fighter in the crowd.</li></ul>LAS VEGAS — You can take <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/tony-harrison" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tony Harrison</a> away from the streets of Detroit but you can't take the streets out of Tony Harrison.That's at least what the American fighter told Insider himself, through a mischievous smile, shortly after a <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/boxing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boxing</a> press conference descended into chaos because a rival of his, <keyword id="13570610" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="luis-arias" source="Orion">Luis Arias</keyword>, couldn't stop chirping from the crowd."Being from the streets of Detroit is who I am," the 31-year-old said.Harrison is fighting Sergio Garcia at the theater inside Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, but for a brief period at a pre-fight press conference Insider attended Thursday, he was ready to ruck with Arias instead.It is unclear why Arias, who has a pro boxing record of 19 wins (nine knockouts) against three losses, attended the Premier Boxing Champions on Showtime media day. Though it seems like he just wants to rankle Harrison.Arias bucked a run of three fights without a win in June, last year, when he beat Jarrett Hurd but got outpointed by Vaughn Alexander in December.Arias insulted Harrison numerous times at the midweek event, getting louder as the day progressed, before throwing a rubber duck at his rival.That was enough for Harrison, who had otherwise remained calm, to snap. And so Harrison left his stool on the dais, walked to Arias, and threw punches before both men were restrained.<div type="image" title="Tony Harrison and Luis Arias came to blows at a boxing press conference Thursday." height="690" width="1250" msid="90716776" hostid="261"></div>Arias was then thrown out of the room before Harrison cooly returned to the stage to continue promoting his upcoming fight against Garcia.Watch the chaos here:Harrison lingered around the hallways of the Virgin Hotels casino with his entourage after the press conference had finished.To friends, he said he told Arias that he would fight him but Arias couldn't wait as he "needed the money" and took the Alexander bout instead.It was a match Arias went on to lose and it has seemingly created a divide in levels as Harrison continues to rebound from a 2019 defeat to <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/jermell-charlo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jermell Charlo</a>."You done," Harrison said he told Arias."I'm from Detroit, man. It ain't never dull where I am," Harrison told Insider; describing Arias as an "internet gangster."He said: "We talking shit on the internet. He wrote me on my inbox and that he wanted to fight. This was at the time I was agreeing to fight Tim Tszyu and I told Arias, I told him, after Tszyu, me and him could get it on."But then he lost. I told him he took a fight that was stupid and he lost. He was already bum to me then but he's an extra bum to me now. Our fight's no-go. So now he's popping up at press conferences and doing shit like that."Insider asked Harrison if he knew what Arias threw at him on the stage. He was surprised when we told him it was a rubber duck."Was it? I don't know what the fuck it was but all I see is him throwing something at me and now that means war."Harrison hopes to bring another war to the ring Saturday when he fights the more mild-mannered Garcia.The PBC on Showtime event, which is promoted by TGB Promotions, is headlined by a separate super welterweight fight between Erickson Lubin and Sebastian Fundora.Kevin Salgado and Bryant Perella complete the 154-pound triple-header.

A boxing press conference descended into chaos when Tony Harrison tried to fight a rival in the crowd

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="72494" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Floyd-Mayweather">Floyd Mayweather</keyword>'s entourage reportedly gave <keyword id="6130340" type="DEFINITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Jake-Paul">Jake Paul</keyword> a black eye at a press event Thursday.</li><li>It all kicked off because the YouTube star tried to steal the <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword> legend's hat.</li><li>Mayweather is promoting a June 6 exhibition involving Jake's brother Logan.</li></ul>Jake Paul and <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/floyd-mayweather" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Floyd Mayweather</a>'s entourage brawled at a press conference on Thursday ahead of the former pro boxer's June 6 exhibition involving the YouTube star's brother, <keyword id="2199400" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Logan-Paul">Logan Paul</keyword>.Video shows Jake Paul taking Mayweather's hat and shouting "Got your hat!" during the confrontation before running away. Mayweather's team can then be seen swarming after Paul.Paul was later seen <a href="https://twitter.com/TheFiteZone/status/1390408038213951490?s=20">holding his face near his eye while fleeing the area.</a>Paul, who is unbeaten after three novice bouts, added post-brawl footage to his Instagram Story and appeared to have a black eye.He also tweeted: "Honestly, have had three easy fights as a pro so been itching for some real action. One of Floyd's 30 bodyguards got a clean shot on me in the eye."Mayweather retired from boxing in 2017 with an unblemished record of 50 wins from 50 fights.He returned to the ring in the following year for an exhibition bout in Tokyo against a fast-rising Japanese kickboxer called Tenshin Nasukawa, and knocked the youngster down three times in the first and only round.The unofficial contest seemed to spark a new boon for <a href="https://www.insider.com/weve-entered-a-golden-era-of-boxing-exhibitions-2020-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showbiz boxing</a> - a sideshow to pro boxing, which other icons of the sport like Mike Tyson, together with the Paul brothers, have benefitted from.The coming together of Mayweather and Logan Paul is the next event in this ongoing series of lucrative, crossover exhibitions.Taking place on June 6, the event will be broadcast on Showtime pay-per-view from the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.The headlining bout will have the support of legitimate contests on the undercard, as a number of teenage talents from Mayweather Promotions compete in separate fights.Jarrett Hurd also fights Luis Arias in a 10-round bout, and former boxing champions Jean Pascal and Badou Jack take part in a rematch after bludgeoning one another in 2019.

Floyd Mayweather's entourage reportedly gave Jake Paul a black eye after the YouTube star tried to steal the boxer's hat

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6130340" type="DEFINITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Jake-Paul">Jake Paul</keyword> hasn't been banned from the <keyword id="72494" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Floyd-Mayweather">Floyd Mayweather</keyword> exhibition against his brother Logan.</li><li><keyword id="2761838" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Stephen-Espinoza">Stephen Espinoza</keyword> of Showtime said that if Jake does attend, security will be on their toes.</li><li><keyword id="2199400" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Logan-Paul">Logan Paul</keyword> and Mayweather face off at Hard Rock Stadium in Florida Sunday.</li></ul>Security "will be on their toes" if <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/jake-paul" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jake Paul</a> attends <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/floyd-mayweather" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Floyd Mayweather</a>'s <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/boxing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boxing</a> exhibition against his brother and fellow creator <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/logan-paul" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Logan Paul</a> on June 6.That's according to Stephen Espinoza, president of Showtime <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">Sports</keyword>, which is broadcasting the event from Hard Rock Stadium in Florida.Jake Paul, YouTuber, novice boxer, and professional provocateur attended a pre-fight press conference at the open-air Miami venue last month but had no intention of just blending into the crowd.The 24-year-old untied Mayweather's shoelaces as he was giving a speech on stage, and approached the 44-year-old to verbally abuse him in front of reporters when the media event had finished.<a href="https://www.insider.com/floyd-mayweather-entourage-jake-paul-brawl-2021-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jake Paul then snatched his hat, tried to run with it, but got punched by Mayweather</a> and his security team. Jake's handlers shoved him into a locked bathroom to protect him while the fighter stormed up and down hallways shouting: <a href="https://www.insider.com/mayweather-screamed-ill-kill-him-when-jake-paul-trolled-him-2021-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"I'll kill that mother f---er."</a>Jake left the arena with a black eye, while Logan fumed at how <a href="https://www.insider.com/logan-paul-said-mayweather-exhibition-is-now-so-f-personal-2021-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mayweather had made it personal</a>. Logan also told Jake that he was banned from the Hard Rock Stadium.Insider asked the venue if this was true, and a spokesperson told us that it had not banned Jake. Espinoza also told us that Showtime hasn't banned him either."We certainly wouldn't bar him, and we haven't," said the 51-year-old powerbroker. "As things cool off, and there's some distance there, I don't think there's that much of an ongoing threat."Jake, though, has proven history of running amok around fighters, and at combat sports events - like when he crashed UFC 262, confronted the UFC commentator and former two-weight champion Dan Cormier, and <a href="https://www.insider.com/conor-mcgregor-and-ufc-boss-dana-white-trashed-jake-paul-2021-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attracted chants of "f--- Jake Paul,"</a> from an agitated crowd."I think if he is in the arena, people will be on their toes," Espinoza told Insider."Like, [Paul's gotcha hat incident] was very calculated - it wasn't a spur of the moment thing. It was pre-planned, very effective. I don't think he'll catch anyone by surprise if he's got anything up his sleeve again."Mayweather and Logan's bout is the only exhibition at Sunday's <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword> festival.The Mayweather Promotions on Showtime PPV event carries an eight-bout card featuring old war dogs Jean Pascal and Badou Jack in a light heavyweight bout, and a super welterweight fight between Jarrett Hurd and Luis Arias.Up-and-comers Viddal Riley, <a href="https://www.insider.com/floyd-mayweather-american-fighters-futures-champs-2021-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Adrian Benton, and Micky Scala feature in separate bouts, and promising American teenagers Dorian Khan Jr. and Jalil Hackett</a> make separate debuts, too.

Security 'will be on their toes' if Jake Paul attends Floyd Mayweather's exhibition against Logan

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="72494" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Floyd-Mayweather">Floyd Mayweather</keyword> and influencer brothers <keyword id="6130340" type="DEFINITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Jake-Paul">Jake Paul</keyword> and <keyword id="2199400" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Logan-Paul">Logan Paul</keyword> caused mayhem Thursday.</li><li>Mayweather and Logan take part in a <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword> exhibition June 6 and promoted the event this week.</li><li>At a promo event, Jake tried to steal Mayweather's hat and all hell broke loose.</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/category/floyd-mayweather" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Floyd Mayweather</a> could be heard screaming "I'll kill that motherf---er," at <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/jake-paul" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jake Paul</a> after the YouTuber tried to steal his hat at a press event Thursday in Florida.The retired boxer and influencer brothers Jake and <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/logan-paul">Logan Paul</a> were at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens to promote a June 6 exhibition involving Mayweather and Logan, the older brother.The bout is not an official <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/boxing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boxing</a> match and will not count on either person's athletic record, however, there was a surprising amount of bad blood after the press conference had finished.Jake Paul had been trying to antagonize Mayweather, while the legendary fighter was on stage with his brother. In one instance, he untied the boxer's shoelaces when he got to the edge of the stage.As Mayweather gave interviews to reporters to the side of the field, Jake Paul found his way within trolling distance of the boxer, grabbed the hat off the top of his head, and said: "I've got your hat" before trying to run away.He did not get very far. Mayweather - together with his bodyguards and entourage - <a href="https://www.insider.com/floyd-mayweather-entourage-jake-paul-brawl-2021-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chased the 24-year-old, appeared to throw punches, and left Paul with a black eye</a>.That was not the end of it.As the brawl worked its way backstage in the venue, Mayweather could be heard saying: "I'll kill that motherf---er" over and over again.You can see footage of the incident below (WARNING - contains foul language):Paul's handlers shoved the creator into a bathroom in a bid to protect him.<a href="https://twitter.com/jakepaul/status/1390433546871914499" target="_blank" rel="noopener">He then tweeted</a>: "Word on the street already is that Floyd is sending goons after me to try and kill me or hurt me."If I die … I died for the hat."<h2>Mayweather calmed down in time for pre-fight promo photos</h2><div type="image" title="Floyd Mayweather Jake Paul" height="480" width="961" msid="82454986" hostid="261"></div>Mayweather retired with an unblemished pro boxing record of 50 wins from 50 fights in 2017, and left the sport as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/floyd-mayweather-made-500000-for-every-punch-landed-in-2010s-1">boxing's greatest money-maker</a> and one of the greatest fighters of all time.With that experience in pay-per-view events, the 44-year-old is accustomed to pre-fight drama.But it has been rare to seem him as rage-filled as he was when reacting to Jake Paul's trolling.He soon calmed down, however, and posed for pre-fight promotional photographs.The June 6 exhibition takes place at the Hard Rock Stadium and will be broadcast on Showtime pay-per-view.Though the headlining bout between Mayweather and Logan Paul is not a legitimate fight, it does top a fight-card that features proper bouts.Badou Jack and Jean Pascal will compete in a rematch of a 2019 bout in which they tried to bludgeon one another, Luis Arias fights Jarrett Hurd, and many <a href="https://www.insider.com/floyd-mayweather-american-fighters-futures-champs-2021-3">Mayweather Promotions wonderkids</a> will also compete in the show.

Floyd Mayweather ran backstage screaming 'I'll kill that motherf---er' after Jake Paul tried to steal his hat

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="72494" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Floyd-Mayweather">Floyd Mayweather</keyword> and <keyword id="2199400" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Logan-Paul">Logan Paul</keyword> will face off in a <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword> exhibition at an NFL stadium on June 6.</li><li>The event will be broadcast on Fanmio and Showtime Boxing pay-per-view.</li><li>YouTuber Paul vowed to "break the simulation" against Mayweather, an ex five-weight world champion.</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/category/floyd-mayweather" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Floyd Mayweather</a> and Logan Paul have confirmed they will face off in a <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/boxing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boxing</a> exhibition at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida on June 6.The show has been a long time coming. The former five-weight boxing champion and the internet sensation were initially booked for a February 20 bout.Dealmakers postponed that event, seemingly waiting until COVID restrictions lifted enough to allow a crowd to attend.Up to 80,000 people can fit inside the venue, the open-air home of the NFL team Miami Dolphins and the Miami Open tennis tournament.Though the June 6 exhibition will be ticketed, it is currently unclear how many people will be allowed to attend.What's also unclear is what weight class the exhibition will take place in, and what the specific rules will be.What is known is that Fanmio, an online video platform, will carry the event together with Showtime, which will provide a traditional outlet for pay-per-view purchases in the US."Me and Logan Paul will be fighting at the Hard Rock Stadium," <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COMBKkzlPB-/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mayweather confirmed Tuesday on Instagram</a>."Mayweather Promotions, Fanmio, and Showtime Boxing have come together to bring an epic event! Tickets will be going on sale next week."On Instagram, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COMCU97J_h5/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Logan Paul added</a>: "June 6 I break the simulation."Mayweather has not boxed professionally since his 2017 stoppage win over the former two-weight <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/ufc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC</a> champion <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/conor-mcgregor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor</a>.He took part in an exhibition since then, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/video-floyd-mayweather-tenshin-nasakuwa-exhibition-fight-2018-12">obliterating the promising Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa</a> by flooring him three times in the opening round, making him cry when he had his arm raised as the knockout winner.It remains to be seen whether he'll show Paul, a popular yet controversial creator, as little respect as he showed Nasukawa.Paul has a pro boxing record of 0-1, losing to fellow creator KSI in a 2019 bout. The pair have fought twice, but only one was a sanctioned event.<h2>The undercard will feature actual boxing contests, according to reports</h2><div type="image" title="Jean Pascal and Badou Jack" height="1000" width="1500" msid="82290961" hostid="261"></div>To attract casual and diehard boxing fans alike, there will reportedly be top-tier fights between actual combat athletes to support the <a href="https://www.insider.com/weve-entered-a-golden-era-of-boxing-exhibitions-2020-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showbiz</a> nature of the main event.According to the Fight Freaks Unite newsletter, penned by the renowned boxing journalist Dan Rafael, Jean Pascal and Badou Jack will contest a light heavyweight rematch.The pair fought a 175-pound bout in 2019, with Pascal winning a split decision.If there was a "BMF" title in boxing, like there was for a standalone bout in the UFC, then Pascal and Jack would have one each for their extraordinary resumes.Both have the ability to bring war to their fights, and are seemingly ready to throw down once again on June 6.Former super welterweight boxing champion Jarrett Hurd and Luis Arias will also fight at the Miami exhibition, according to Rafael.

Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul confirm their boxing exhibition for June 6 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami

Getty Images/Guillermo AriasA construction crew (R) works on the US side of the US-Mexico border fence as seen from Tijuana, in Baja California state, Mexico, on April 24, 2019.<ul class="summary-list"><li>Around half a dozen protesters blocked the Mexico-bound lanes of a border crossing over fears those coming from the US could spread the coronavirus, several news agencies reported. </li><li>The group, called Sonorans for Health and Life, is demanding medical exams for those going into Mexico from the US. </li><li>They're critical of the Mexican government's response to the pandemic. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Mexican protesters blocked Mexico-bound lanes on one part of the border to stop United States travelers from entering their country and potentially spreading the new coronavirus, several news agencies reported. Members of a group Sonorans for Health and Life, blocked a checkpoint in Sonora, south of Arizona on Wednesday, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52053656">according to the BBC.</a> The group wants people who cross into Mexico from the US to undergo medical screenings, the BBC added. "There are no health screenings by the federal government to deal with this pandemic. That's why we're here in Nogales. We've taken this action to call on the Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to act now," Jose Luis Hernandez, a member of the group told the <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-health/2020/03/25/southbound-lanes-nogales-border-blocked-over-coronavirus-covid-19/5084001002/">Arizona Republic.</a>According to the <a href="https://kvoa.com/coronavirus-coverage/2020/03/26/protesters-demand-stricter-screening-for-covid-19-at-us-mexico-border/">Associated Press</a>, about six protesters parked two cars across Mexico-bound lanes before getting out and chanting "We demand control of the border."The Arizona Republic added that the group wore masks and held signs that read "stay at home."The US has the highest number of coronavirus cases with close to 86,000 known infections. Mexico has reported 475 COVID-19 cases. While the US restricted non-essential travel at its borders with Mexico more than a week ago, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has moved slowly to enact protective measures and downplayed the threat of the virus, the AP reported. The protesters want a "crossing ban on all US or Mexican citizens for tourism or medical reasons, including those who cross the border every day to attend school or work in the US," according to the BBC. They also want people deported from the US to Mexico to have medical exams."This is for your health. This is for your family. Or what do you want to happen? That this becomes worse given the irresponsibility of the Mexican government? Of course not. That's why were here," Hernandez told the Arizona Republic. Get the latest <a href="/coronavirus-covid19">coronavirus analysis and research</a> from Business Insider Intelligence on how COVID-19 is impacting businesses. <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/immigrant-ice-coronavirus-covid-detention-center-2020-3">An immigrant in an ICE detention center tested positive for the coronavirus. Immigrant advocates are fearing the worst.</a></h3>

Mexican protesters hold 'stay at home' signs on the border with the US over fear of the coronavirus outbreak

Burak Akbulut/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Men wearing masks walk at nearly empty Gran Via Street during the state of emergency by the government against the coronavirus outbreak in Madrid, <keyword id="6363645" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="spain">Spain</keyword>. <ul><li>Spain is moving to implement a permanent basic income as a measure to help workers and families battered by the coronavirus pandemic.</li><li>Nadia Calviño, the country's minister for economic affairs, <a href="https://www.lasexta.com/programas/el-objetivo/noticias/nadia-calvino-vamos-a-implementar-lo-antes-posible-el-ingreso-minimo-vital_202004055e8a498a237979000147f3f7.html">told the Spanish broadcaster La Sexta</a> on Sunday evening that the government was planning to introduce the cash handouts as part of a barrage of policies meant to help people get back on their feet.</li><li>It's not immediately clear what basic income could look like in Spain, given the proposal appears to be in its early stages. But it would likely be aimed at providing economic relief for low-income Spaniards. </li></ul> Spain is moving to implement a permanent basic income as a measure to help workers and families battered by the coronavirus pandemic. Nadia Calviño, the country's minister for economic affairs, <a href="https://www.lasexta.com/programas/el-objetivo/noticias/nadia-calvino-vamos-a-implementar-lo-antes-posible-el-ingreso-minimo-vital_202004055e8a498a237979000147f3f7.html">told the Spanish broadcaster La Sexta</a> on Sunday evening that the government was planning to introduce the cash handouts as part of a barrage of policies meant to help people get back on their feet. She said enacting basic income was "mostly aimed at families, but differentiating between their circumstances." Calviño didn't offer a specific date as to when basic income could be rolled out in the country. But she said the government hoped it would become "a permanent instrument." "We're going to do it as soon as possible," she said. "So it can be useful, not just for this extraordinary situation, and that it remains forever." It's not immediately clear what basic income could look like in Spain, given the proposal appears to be in its early stages. But it would likely be aimed at providing economic relief for low-income Spaniards. Jose Luis Escriva, the country's Social Security minister, <a href="https://www.lavanguardia.com/economia/20200405/48315225797/el-ingreso-minimo-vital-es-una-medida-estructural-permanente-la-moratoria-de-cotizaciones-se-aplicara-por-sectores.html">told the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia in an interview published Saturday</a> the measure would represent "a permanent safety net for the most vulnerable." That would differ from universal basic income, which entails regular no-strings-attached cash payments to every household. Spain <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-long-took-spain-italy-france-lockdowns-to-slow-coronavirus-2020-4">enacted a nationwide lockdown</a> on March 14 to try to curb the spread of the virus, effectively shutting down the economy as restaurants, bars, and hotels were ordered to closed their doors. The country reported more than 135,000 cases so far and 13,000 deaths. To date, Spain has rolled out scores of measures to provide relief to both corporations and average people. Finland previously tried a two-year basic-income experiment with 2,000 unemployed residents that ended in 2019, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/finland-basic-income-experiment-reasons-for-failure-2019-12">Business Insider's Aria Bendix reported</a>. Recipients reported they were happier and healthier, but many of them were still jobless. Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stock-picks-to-buy-cash-rich-companies-coronavirus-crisis-btig-2020-4">Buy these 14 stocks flush with the cash reserves to survive a prolonged coronavirus crisis, BTIG says</a> The push for basic income in the US has its champions. The tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-basic-income-2016-8">thrust the idea</a> into the mainstream with his plan for a "Freedom Dividend" during his Democratic presidential run, which ended earlier this year. The plan would have guaranteed payments of $1,000 a month — or $12,000 a year — to every US citizen over the age of 18. To help Americans deal with the fallout of coronavirus, the Trump administration signed a law to provide millions of Americans with <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/coronavirus-stimulus-check-questions-answers-2020-4">one-time $1,200 checks</a>. Individuals earning below $75,000 and couples making under $150,000 qualify for the full amount. Editor's note: An earlier version of this story stated Spain was set to introduce universal basic income. The story has been corrected to clarify the proposal is focused on providing money to low-income Spaniards

Spain is moving to establish permanent basic income in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>Luke Keeler has challenged the UFC fighter Conor McGregor to "stay sober."</li><li>McGregor issued a grovelling apology on ESPN recently after footage emerged showing him punch an older man at a Dublin pub.</li><li>The incident made Keeler think back to a time he says McGregor bullied a friend of his. Business Insider was told McGregor punched Keeler's friend.</li><li>Keeler tweeted about the incident, prompting a phone call from McGregor who was "ranting and raving."</li><li>A fight was discussed, but Keeler has other plans.</li><li>Keeler told us he has been in talks to fight the WBO middleweight boxing champion Demetrius Andrade.</li><li>Keeler wants to beat Andrade, win the belt, and use that as leverage to entice McGregor into the ring to fight him for the world title.</li><li>It would likely generate a lot of money.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>DUBLIN - The Irish boxer Luke Keeler is challenging Conor McGregor to "stay sober" so they can end their war of words and fight for a world title in Dublin next summer.Keeler is a middleweight with a professional boxing record of 17 wins (five by knockout) against two losses and one draw. He scored the best win of his career two months ago, a 10-round decision win over the Cuban boxer Luis Arias, and is back in action against a yet to be determined opponent on November 16 in Glasgow.He became linked to McGregor shortly after <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/video-conor-mcgregor-punch-whiskey-proper-twelve-2019-8?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">footage emerged in August of the UFC fighter throwing a punch at an older man in the Marble Arch pub</a> in Dublin. The man <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/conor-mcgregor-apologetic-over-pub-incident-2019-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly refused a shot of McGregor's Proper No. Twelve whiskey</a>.McGregor later <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/conor-mcgregor-apologetic-over-pub-incident-2019-8?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told ESPN that he must get his "head screwed on"</a> but before that grovelling apology, <a href="https://twitter.com/luke_keeler/status/1162035620790886400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Keeler tweeted</a> that it was "sad to see McGregor stoop so low."Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/conor-mcgregor-has-realized-ufc-is-bigger-than-him-2019-8?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor has finally realized the fight game has moved on without him</a>"[He] did the same to a friend of mine a couple of years ago, and he's still walking around acting the gangster," Keeler tweeted. "I'd be happy to put him in his place if he had the balls to step in a ring again."&#xa0;Details about the bullying are sparse, but speaking to Business Insider over coffee at the Colosseum Gym in Dublin, Keeler said it all began three to four years ago.Keeler's gymmate Davey Oliver Joyce, a featherweight who fights Leigh Wood in MTK Global's Golden Contract tournament at York Hall on Friday, told us "he punched one of his mates," adding that: "Luke is my mate. He called McGregor out and stood up to him … it was the right thing to do."His friend and McGregor shook hands after, but Keeler said that the incident was one of a few around Dublin. "I don't think he's in the right frame of mind," Keeler told us.It was not long before McGregor called Keeler, getting his phone number from one of his Straight Blast Gym teammates who had sparred athletes at the Colosseum Gym."I put that tweet out calling him a bully, and he made a phone call to me, there was a bit of ranting and raving. I don't think he was in his right mind," Keeler said. "I just says, 'We could have a fight, do you know what I mean?' It's obviously a payday."Talks took place, Keeler said. "My management spoke with [his team] about making a fight happen."<h2>Keeler thinks he can lure McGregor into a fight next year</h2>McGregor is one of several opportunities for Keeler. The 32-year-old is currently ranked as the world's no.3 middleweight with the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and says he has been in discussions with the slick, American southpaw Demetrius Andrade, the current WBO champion.For Keeler, a title fight against Andrade could be used as leverage to entice McGregor into an all-Irish boxing world title fight in Dublin, next summer."There's talks," Keeler said. "I think he's [Andrade] struggling for opponents."<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div>Andrade is an athlete the champion's promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing wants to keep active. A fight against Keeler, around St. Patrick's Day in Boston, New York, or Philadelphia, is what has been talked about, according to Keeler.The Irishman's fight in November is, what he calls, a busy, no-risk fight so he can stay sharp while his team attempts to negotiate a world title fight shortly after."He's spoken about as this avoided guy … a twice world champion who is undefeated, but I see weaknesses and mistakes. He's not unbeatable," Keeler said of Andrade.Keeler would not be fazed by his southpaw stance or his slick skills, as he says he learned a lot sparring a similar fighter - the British super middleweight Billy Joe Saunders."I'd be going in as a huge underdog, but I'd be going in to take that belt," he said.Keeler says that if he upset the odds and beat Andrade as the underdog, he could push for middleweight world title unification fights against the division's other champions like Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.It could also lead to McGregor."It will probably be announced before Christmas, [and if I beat Andrade] it opens the door to huge fights like Canelo. McGregor might get his head together, and that's a dream payday in Dublin. It sets up a huge 2020," he said.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div>Keeler's coach Peter Taylor, the famous father of the 2012 Olympic gold medalist Katie Taylor, would welcome the fight against McGregor if it can be made.<h2>A McGregor bout could make Keeler more financially secure than a world title</h2>"My job as a boxing coach is to make sure he gets out of this financially secure," Taylor told Business Insider."If Conor McGregor comes up with X-amount of money and the fight with Andrade comes up with half that, you're going to go where the money is. You can win all the belts in the world, but you can't support your family with belts, you support your family with money."I'm more pleased when my lads come out of this financially secure and uninjured. If he fights Conor McGregor, he'll come out that match uninjured that's for sure, because he beats him easy and he'll be financially secure."Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/james-gallagher-vs-conor-mcgregor-comparison-modern-mma-2019-9?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A 22-year-old Irishman got his Conor McGregor moment in Dublin's raucous 3Arena, winning in 30 seconds</a>Taylor said he's not even studied McGregor's style in his only boxing bout to date, his 10th round stoppage loss to Floyd Mayweather in 2017.&#xa0;This is because he does not see it as an even contest."Luke's profession is boxing," Taylor said. "Conor McGregor is not a professional boxer; he's an MMA fighter. If it was an MMA fight we'd be looking at it completely different. But it's in Luke's area, and he's comfortable."Conor wasn't comfortable with Floyd Mayweather, who was lighter than McGregor and a 40-year-old man. Luke is in his prime, and he's a lot bigger. Size matters. I'd have no worries about that fight at all."On the Andrade challenge, Taylor said: "Everyone has weaknesses. Andrade falls in with his shots. If we take the fight I'd be confident we can win it. He's technically very good, a southpaw. He'd overlook Luke and think it's an easy fight."Luke's improved, and there's more improvement to come. He's always training, trying to get better. He's intelligent. When he fights Andrade, everyone will get a shock. We're looking forward to the fight."It is clear Keeler thinks Andrade could lead to McGregor - and he'd even meet the UFC fighter halfway, in a cage, with boxing rules.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div>"Yeah, of course, stand-up - if he wanted to do that as an event," Keeler said. "But I think he needs to get himself fresh, fit; he's just a circus at the moment. It would be nice if he got a win in the UFC and if I win the world title, then it's attractive … put it in the cage, six-ounce gloves."In 2020, Canelo, McGregor … people might think it's far-fetched, but you have to think and speak these things. It was more far-fetched him speaking about Mayweather than it is me speaking about him. You never know."Beating Andrade and winning the world middleweight belt would raise Keeler's name in boxing, and though he'd use that as a platform to further pursue McGregor, he has challenged his rival to do a few things to ensure the bout happens."Hopefully he comes back, stays fresh, and stays sober," he said.<div> </div>

An Irish boxer is challenging Conor McGregor to 'stay sober' long enough so they can end their war of words and fight for a world title

Thomson ReutersMexican President Enrique Peña Nieto speaks at an event in Mexico City.Mexico had the second-highest number of murders last year among countries considered in "armed conflict," according to a report published on Tuesday.With nearly 23,000 intentional homicides in 2016, Mexico's murder tally was second only to war-torn Syria's 60,000, said Antonio Sampaio, one of the authors of the International Institute for Strategic Studies' "Armed Conflict Survey 2017."The report deals a blow to to President Enrique Peña Nieto's <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mexican-military-role-in-fighting-drug-war-and-cartels-2017-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">efforts to end</a> Mexico's deadly drug war, which has dragged on for <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/militarized-police-violence-in-latin-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">more than a decade</a>.Iraq had roughly 17,000 murders, while Afghanistan had 16,000 last year, Sampaio added, noting that Mexico's militarized drug battle increasingly resembles an armed conflict.Over the last 10 years, the military's expanding law-enforcement duties have put it in closer contact with the public, especially in places like Ciudad Juarez, were military patrols were <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/militarized-police-violence-in-latin-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a common sight</a> on city streets.In recent months, the military has put its firepower on display in gun battles with suspected criminals, sometimes dueling it out <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mexico-helicopter-kills-cartel-kingpin-amid-cartel-conflict-2017-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">in the middle of neighborhoods</a>.(AP Photo/Chris Arias)A bullet-ridden sports utility vehicle is taken away by authorities after a gun battle between marines and members of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel, in Tepic, Nayarit state, Mexico, February 10, 2017.Although the 2016 homicide data has been around for a few months, the IISS report's conclusion that Mexico's murder tally was second only to Syria's could end up being a massive setback for Peña Nieto, who is struggling with tense negotiations with US President Donald Trump, rising inflation, and low approval ratings.Peña Nieto's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters.While homicides are generally reported at a rate per 100,000 people, Sampaio said many countries in armed conflict lack reliable population data. (Mexico closed 2016 with a rate of 17.03 homicides per 100,000 people, the highest since 2012, though <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mexican-states-manipulating-crime-data-2016-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">that may well be an understatement</a>.)"We think absolute numbers are a good way of measuring intensity," he said. "Plus 23,000 is a huge number; no doubt about that."Mexican government data/Christopher WoodyThe number of homicides in Mexico has risen considerably in recent years, and Latin America is home to many of the most violent cities in the world.Other data suggest that countries in the region may rival Mexico's tally, though <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-05-09/mexico-now-world-s-deadliest-conflict-zone-after-syria-survey" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">they don't appear</a> on IISS' ranking.A Venezuelan NGO reported that country saw <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-venezuela-says-murders-soared-to-60-per-day-in-2016-2017-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">28,479 "violent deaths,"</a> though the government only classified <a href="http://www.insightcrime.org/news-analysis/insight-crime-2016-homicide-round-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">18,230</a> of them as homicides. Brazil recorded <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/03/28/472157969/brazil-has-nearly-60-000-murders-and-it-may-relax-gun-laws" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">nearly 60,000 homicides</a> in 2014, and violence there continues.Brazil is home to more than 200 million people, exceeding Mexico's 123 million and Venezuela's 30 million.Since taking office in 2012, Pena Nieto has sought to cast Mexico's as a modern economy, pushing through energy, telecommunications, and labor laws aimed at kick-starting growth.Nonetheless, his administration has been scarred by stubbornly weak growth (which <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/drug-violence-and-economic-complexity-in-mexico-2016-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">has been stalled</a> by violence), <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mexico-governing-pri-corruption-unpopularity-2018-elections-2016-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a perception of corruption</a>, and confused tactics on how to end a decade of drug violence that has killed well over 100,000 people.The 2016 murder tally rose to its highest level since Pena Nieto became president, and the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mexico-political-government-cartel-changes-with-increasing-violence-2017-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">first few months of 2017</a> have shown no signs that the violence has stopped.In January, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-as-mexico-security-spending-slows-some-fear-ever-worsening-murder-tally-2017-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reuters reported</a> that Mexico's declining security budget could help drive the 2017 murder tally to its highest level ever."If the government doesn't have any money for security measures ... it's going to be terrible. (The number of murders) is probably going to get to the worst level it's ever been," Leo Silva, who led the Drug Enforcement Administration office in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey until 2015, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-as-mexico-security-spending-slows-some-fear-ever-worsening-murder-tally-2017-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">told Reuters</a> at the time.REUTERS/Jose Luis GonzalezForensic technicians inspect a body after unknown assailants gunned down two people leaving a restaurant in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, January 17, 2017."The inability of the Mexican economy to grow by significant rates ... is a reason why the state is incapable of implementing a nationwide, significant security strategy to the same level that other Latin American countries have," Sampaio said.The Mexican government's efforts to reduce the bloodshed have been hindered by ongoing clashes between the country's cartels and criminal organizations. Deep-rooted corruption in state and local police forces has been exploited by criminal groups. In some places, the federal government has dissolved local security forces. A split within the Sinaloa cartel, which was run by kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman until his arrest last year and has long been considered the country's most powerful cartel, and the continued <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-carnage-and-corruption-upstart-mexican-cartels-path-to-top-2016-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ascent of fearsome newcomers</a> the Jalisco New Generation cartel, also contributed to the rise, Sampaio said.(Reporting for Reuters by Gabriel Stargardter; editing by Lisa Von Ahn) <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-chance-conflict-north-korea-south-united-states-kim-jong-un-nuclear-missiles-test-thaad-2017-4">Trump says there is a chance of a 'major, major conflict with North Korea'</a></h3> Please enable Javascript to watch this video

Mexico's drug-war death toll in 2016 reportedly exceed murders in many countries mired in war

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>Deadly violence in Mexico declined from January to February this year, with homicide cases falling from 1,941 to 1,838 and homicide victims falling from 2,156 to 2,098.The month-to-month respite may be little relief, as the first two months year have continued <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mexico-political-government-cartel-changes-with-increasing-violence-2017-3" target="_blank">a string of violent records</a>, both exceeding their counterparts last year in terms of homicides.Moreover, the first two months of this year are the deadliest such period on record.January's 2,2156 homicide victims were 38.8% more than recorded in the same month last year, and February's 2,098 homicide victims were a 30% increase over the second month last year.The number of homicide cases, which can contain more than one victim, were up in January and February by 34.6% and 24.3%, respectively, over January and February 2016.The 3,779 homicides cases recorded over January and February are a 29.4% increase over the same period in 2016 and the most experienced in Mexico over that period since the government started releasing statistics in 1997. (It didn't start releasing data for homicide victims until 2014.)The first two months of 2011, amid the climax of the "war against narco trafficking," had a similar number of homicides, 3,554, though, as Mexican news site <a href="http://www.animalpolitico.com/2017/03/delitos-homicidio-extorsion/" target="_blank">Animal Politico notes</a>, that is still well short of what was seen over the first two months this year.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>Despite the decrease in monthly homicides between January and February this year, last month's figures continue the increase in violence that's been seen in Mexico over the last two years of President Enrique Peña Nieto's term.Peña Nieto, who took office in December 2012, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mexico-political-government-cartel-changes-with-increasing-violence-2017-3" target="_blank">presided over two years of declines in deadly violence</a>. The government was quick to take credit for those reductions, but 2015 saw an 8% increase in homicides over 2014, and 2016 had a 22% spike in killings over the year before.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>"It seems like there was a point about two years ago, a year ago, where the government seemed to be making progress against the drug cartels, but it seems like there's a resurgence of them," Howard Campbell, an anthropology professor at the University of Texas at El Paso who studies Mexico and drug trafficking, told Business Insider.That resurgence appears <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mexico-homicides-in-2016-under-enrique-pena-nieto-2017-2" target="_blank">likely to have been caused</a>, in part, by the ongoing fragmentation of once powerful criminal groups, in addition to jockeying by remaining criminal groups for territorial control, especially in northwest Mexico.Even as deadly violence churns upward in Mexico, some parts of the country - typically areas with high levels of organized-crime activity - have seen pronounced spikes.The north-central state of Chihuahua saw a jump in homicides in the latter half of last year, going from 595 in the first half of the year to 875 over the last six months. The state also jumped from 152 homicide victims in January to 175 in February. Ciudad Juarez, the biggest city in Chihuahua and a major border city, also saw <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jalisco-cjng-sinaloa-cartel-violence-in-ciudad-juarez-mexico-2017-3" target="_blank">a jump in the latter half</a> of the year that has continued into this year. The Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation cartels, generally considered the two most powerful cartels in Mexico, are thought to be <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jalisco-cjng-sinaloa-cartel-violence-in-ciudad-juarez-mexico-2017-3" target="_blank">contesting Juarez's lucrative trafficking routes</a>.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>Farther west, the high level of homicides seen Baja California over the final months of last year has been sustained this year, with January and February recording 139 and 137 homicides, respectively. Tijuana, another major border crossing, registered its only triple-digit-homicide-victim month of last year in December, with 112. January recorded 103 and February saw 108. Tijuana is also the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/sinaloa-jalisco-cartel-drug-war-in-tijuana-mexico-2016-12" target="_blank">site of Sinaloa-Jalisco New Generation competition</a>.In many areas of Mexico, state-level homicide numbers ticked down from January to February, but violence-prone areas of the country saw increases.Homicides in Guerrero rose from 165 to 175; Michoacan went from 130 to 138; Sinaloa went from 118 to 124; Veracruz jumped from 119 to 142.Much of southwest Mexico, including Guerrero and Michoacan, has been wracked by drug-related violence.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>Nearby Colima, which has the smallest population in Mexico, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mexico-homicides-in-2016-under-enrique-pena-nieto-2017-2" target="_blank">has seen a surge in homicides</a> as cartels compete for its valuable port. Though between January and February this year the number of homicide victims in the state fell by more than half.In Veracruz, long a battle ground of the Zetas and Gulf cartels, the Jalisco New Generation cartel has reportedly joined the fray, and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-mexico-drug-war-investigators-unearth-47-more-skulls-in-mass-graves-2017-3" target="_blank">300 skulls have been found in mass graves there</a> over the last week.While violence over the last two years has not reached the level and nature of the worst cartel-related violence between 2008 and 2012, it has led many to believe the anti-crime strategies of Peña Nieto and his predecessor have failed and that the country is unlikely to see relief in the near term."So this is a not a threat to the overall Mexican economy or to the national political structure as far as an overthrow of the government or a destruction of the economy," Campbell told Business Insider. "But it's the kind of nagging, persistent problem that's very similar to Colombia during the worst of the civil war, where you had an effective, functioning country and economy but with this endless violence in very specific areas that was hard on the tourist industry and made it hard for local businesses and hurt the image of the country." <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mexico-president-nieto-reacts-donald-trump-executive-order-border-wall-2017-1">'Mexico does not believe in walls': Mexico's president rejects Trump's push for a border wall</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="dodzI4OTE6-uzCm33smHNcokanSa1z6M" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

Mexico is settling into a violent status quo

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image">AP Photo/Guillermo AriasWearing a military cap and jacket, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, center, walks to meet federal forces involved in anti-crime operations in Apatzingan, Michoacan, Mexico, January 3, 2007.</div></div></div>In December 2006, just after taking office, Mexican president Felipe Calderon <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/militarized-police-violence-in-latin-america" target="_blank">deployed Mexico's military to the cities and countryside</a> to take on the country's drug trade.It was not the <a href="http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/entrada-de-opinion/columna/alejandro-hope/nacion/2016/12/12/el-manotazo-del-general-cienfuegos-i" target="_blank">first time</a> Mexico's military had been sent out to fight narcos, but Calderon's <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/militarized-police-violence-in-latin-america" target="_blank">escalation</a> - from 20,000 soldiers deployed around the country to 50,000 - marked a shift, the effects of which have reverberated around the country.But in recent months, Mexico's military leadership, after a decade of fighting a seemingly indefatigable foe, has been increasingly critical of the tasks it has been assigned."We didn't ask to be here. We don't like it. We didn't study how to chase criminals," Mexican <keyword id="6354810" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Defense">Defense</keyword> Minister Salvador Cienfuegos <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-unnatural-for-mexican-military-to-fight-drug-trafficking-minister-2016-12" target="_blank">said in early December</a>. "Our function is something else, and it's been made into something unnatural. We are doing things that don't correspond to our training because there's no one else to do them."Critical comments from the military about its decade-old domestic deployment are rare, but Cienfuegos has made similar statements before."Of course we have committed errors," <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mexico-defense-chief-we-have-committed-errors-in-drug-war-2016-3" target="_blank">he said </a><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mexico-defense-chief-we-have-committed-errors-in-drug-war-2016-3" target="_blank">in an interview</a> with Mexican news outlet Pulso in mid-March. "One of those was when we entered fully combat against drugs."<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Thomson ReutersMexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto speaks next to Defense Minister Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos, left, and Navy Secretary Adm. Vidal Francisco Soberon, right, in Mexico City, October 7, 2016.</div></div></div>In that interview, Cienfuegos also underscored the gap between the military's training and the roles it was being asked to fill on Mexico's streets. "The military is not intended for the work it does today," <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mexico-defense-chief-we-have-committed-errors-in-drug-war-2016-3" target="_blank">he </a><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mexico-defense-chief-we-have-committed-errors-in-drug-war-2016-3" target="_blank">said</a>. "No one with responsibility for this institution is prepared to do the functions of the police."While Cienfuegos has been one of the most high-profile critics of the domestic deployment of Mexico's military, he is not the only one."I think that there is frustration on the part of Mexican military personnel about being engaged in eternal conflict," David Shirk, a professor at the University of San Diego and director of the school's Justice in Mexico program, told Business Insider."There's a lot of dissatisfaction," said Mike Vigil, a former chief of <keyword id="6356001" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="international">international</keyword> operations for the US Drug Enforcement Administration, "because the use of the military to conduct law-enforcement operations actually goes against the Mexican constitution."<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">ReutersMexican soldiers walk out of the area where four gang members were killed during clashes with police in Celaya, in Guanajuato, March 11, 2009.</div></div></div>Beyond the broader legal implications, the day-to-day impact of Mexico's actions in a domestic law-enforcement role has caused frustration both inside and outside the ranks."There's dissatisfaction within the military because it's been the institution that they have always regarded as the most uncorruptible, if you will, within the country; however, now ... there's been more corruption within the ranks," Vigil, who keeps in contact with Mexican law-enforcement officials, told Business Insider."So they feel that it's corrupting the oldest and most respected institution within the Mexican government," he said, adding:Mexico's high impunity rates - <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mexican-states-manipulating-crime-data-2016-11" target="_blank">only about 1% of crimes</a> in the country are punished - have been attributed to the Mexican military's poor preparation for law-enforcement duties, said Vigil, author of "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Metal-Coffins-Alliance-Cartel-Miguel/dp/0991582195?tag=bisafetynet-20" target="_blank">Metal Coffins: The Blood Alliance Cartel</a>."<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image">Thomson ReutersRelatives of Ayotzinapa students protest the government's handling of the investigation in Mexico City, April 26, 2016.</div></div></div>For military personnel, filling a domestic role has brought with it unwelcome additions to the chain of command."On the other hand," Shirk said, "and especially because we've also seen measures to try to reduce military impunity, increasingly the military has ... to answer to civilian authorities. So if they screw up, or if they get mixed up in something like Ayotzinapa, they're way more vulnerable."It's strongly believed that members of the Mexican military were involved in <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-mexico-federal-agents-implicated-in-43-students-disappearance-2016-4" target="_blank">the Ayotzinapa incident</a> - the kidnapping and suspected killing of 43 student teachers and social activists in southwest Mexico in September 2014.That is just one incident of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-mexican-security-forces-committed-crimes-against-humanity-report-2016-6" target="_blank">many suspected military abuses</a>.A few months prior, after an incident in which 22 people were slain, military personnel were accused of <a href="https://www.wola.org/2015/07/in-mexicos-tlatlaya-massacre-soldiers-were-ordered-to-take-them-out/" target="_blank">executing at least 12 people</a> in Tlatlaya in Mexico state and altering the crime scene to make it look like a confrontation.Eight soldiers <a href="http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/four-ex-investigators-jailed-in-tlatlaya-case/" target="_blank">were charged</a> but ultimately released for lack of evidence, and four ministerial police officers were sentenced to jail terms for torturing survivors of the massacre.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">REUTERS/Daniel BecerrilA woman holds a skull during a march marking 14-month anniversary of the disappearance of the students from the Ayotzinapa school, in Mexico City, November 26, 2015. The skull reads "Justice" and the shirt says "Pena out," referring to Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.</div></div></div>"I would say since about 2014, more and more reports at the national and international level have been coming out with evidence with the human-rights abuses and violence perpetrated by the military," Molly Molloy, a professor and librarian at New Mexico State University, told Business Insider in December. "It stands to reason ... that if you put thousands of armed, trained people in the midst of a sort of criminal gang conflict ... that more people are going to be killed."Some of those military personnel have even joined ranks Mexico's cartels, committing offenses they are supposed to be combatting.Since 2008, the US has supplied funding, equipment, and training to the Mexican military <a href="https://www.state.gov/j/inl/merida/" target="_blank">through Plan Merida</a>. Many of those defectors, like the soldiers who eventually formed Los Zetas drug cartel, have put that training and that equipment to brutally effective use in Mexico's underworld.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Alexandre Meneghini/APSoldiers escort five alleged members of the Zetas drug gang during their presentation to the press in Mexico City, June 9, 2011.</div></div></div>According to Vigil, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto's administration is looking to move away from the style of drug war pursued by him and his predecessor, Calderon - most importantly, by de-emphasizing the Kingpin Strategy, which had the Mexican government pursuing high-ranking cartel figures."It's like the proverbial hydra," Vigil said of the organizations targeted by this strategy, "where you cut off a head and then a hundred take its place, and I'm talking about <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mexico-homicides-in-2016-under-enrique-pena-nieto-2017-2" target="_blank">the splintering, the fragmentation</a>, which has led to even more violence.""So now what the Peña Nieto administration and Miguel Chong, the interior minister, are going to do is they're going to ... alter their strategy and do a top-to-bottom dismantling of these organizations," Vigil added.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image">REUTERS/Edgard GarridoMexico's former Finance Minister, left, Luis Videgaray, President Enrique Peña Nieto, center, and Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong in Mexico City, September 7, 2016.</div></div></div>"They are changing their strategy to look at the entire infrastructure, attacking the entire infrastructure," he continued."It's not going to be overnight, but they, thank god, are looking to make necessary changes and hopefully have more significant impact and more lasting impact" on drug-related violence.Despite those signs that the Mexican government is reassessing its drug war and looking to move away from a military-first strategy focused on the upper ranks of cartel leadership, the viability of such a shift will likely be hamstrung by Mexico's failure to effectively dismantle criminal organizations and build stronger legal and law-enforcement institutions over the last decade.Shifting the military away from the Kingpin Strategy "was arguably what they said they were going to do from the beginning, but they didn't do it," Shirk told Business Insider."As much as I think that the government should be thinking about a comprehensive longer-term strategy, I'm skeptical of that to the extent that I haven't seen some of the elements that I would like to see for that to be an actual ... effective policy measure," he added.Analysis of Mexican government outlays by Reuters this year found that since 2015, the Peña Nieto government has <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-as-mexico-security-spending-slows-some-fear-ever-worsening-murder-tally-2017-1" target="_blank">cut spending on security programs</a>, after increasing that funding during the first two years of his term, which started in December 2012.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">REUTERS/Edgard GarridoMexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, center, reviews troops in a military vehicle with Defense Minister Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos, left, and Secretary of the Navy Adm. Vidal Francisco Soberon during a military parade celebrating Independence Day at Zocalo Square in downtown Mexico City, September 16, 2016.</div></div></div>Moreover, the long-time presence of the military in a law-enforcement role has undercut local and state police forces and made local and state governments reluctant or unwilling to enact reform programs."In the absence of competent state and local authorities, the Armed Forces are not able to retire, on penalty of leaving the population undefended in the face of organized crime," Mexican security analyst <a href="http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/entrada-de-opinion/columna/alejandro-hope/nacion/2016/12/12/el-manotazo-del-general-cienfuegos-i" target="_blank">Alejandro Hope wrote in a column</a> in early December. "However, the presence of federal forces reduces the incentives for local and state political actors to build their own capacities.""Bad if they stay, bad if they go," Hope said."Ten years ago it was decided that the police should be rebuilt, and we still haven't seen that reconstruction," Cienfuegos <a href="https://apnews.com/edf2fe18fe534c3a9e62badb7aee2492" target="_blank">told the Associated Press</a> in December. "This isn't something that can be solved with bullets. 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