Mexico City is stepping up security with a sweeping plan to install thousands of high-tech cameras and enhance its seismic alert system in wake of September's earthquake.
Citing newspaper Milenio, Mexico News Daily reports the destination will have 8,500 next-generation surveillance cameras in operation by the end of 2017.
The city already boasts 7,000 working advanced cameras. With the new additions, more than half of its 15,310 units will be able to record and transmit high-definition images, utilizing infrared night-vision technology in poorly-lit areas.
Surveillance cameras have assisted in the identification and arrest of tens of thousands of people in Mexico City over the course of Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera's term, which began in 2012, according to the News Daily.
Mexico City will also update its seismic alert system by the end of the year in an effort to widen its coverage.
The city currently has more than 11,350 nine-meter posts equipped with loudspeakers to warn of impending tremors. Moving forward, speakers will be added to 2,382 additional posts in boroughs that are most susceptible to earthquake damage, including Coyoacan, Benito Juarez and Cuauhtemoc.
"The zones that suffered the greatest damage in the September 19 earthquake, and which we consider are at the greatest risk, are being favored," C5 command center director, Idris Rodriguez Zapata told Milenio.
Although the U.S. State Department updated its travel warning for Mexico in August, there is no advisory in effect for Mexico City.
Last month, the Mexico Tourism Board announced that airports, attractions and accommodations in Mexico City and throughout the country's other popular tourist destinations were fully open and operational.
"Visitors are experiencing the same hospitality, beautiful people, pristine landscapes and beaches, lively colonial towns and cities for which Mexico is famous," said the board's CEO, Hector Flores.
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