As a candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador offered to remove the military from the streets; two weeks before taking office he released his "Plan Nacional de Paz y Seguridad" ("National Plan for Peace and Security"), calling for legalization of some drugs, an eventual disarming of criminal gangs, and the creation of a [[National Guard (Mexico)|National Guard]] under the control of the [[Secretariat of National Defense (Mexico)|Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA)]].