“Are there no men in Chihuahua?”

Some headlines are hailing her as the bravest woman in Mexico. Marisol Valles Garcia, all of 20 years old, says she’s just tired of everyone being afraid.

Valles Garcia, a criminology student, became the police chief this week of Praxedis G. Guerrero, one of the most violent municipalities in the border state of Chihuahua. She was the only person who accepted the top job in a police force whose officers have been abducted and even killed…

“The weapons we have are principles and values, which are the best weapons for prevention,” she told CNN en Español. “Our work will be pure prevention. We are not going to be doing anything else other than prevention.”