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World in Progress: Mexico drugs and politics

Anne Demmer / Gabriel Borrud January 27, 2016

One key figure in Mexico's drug mafia, Joaquin „El Chapo“ Guzman was captured in January 2015 by Mexican police. The country's President Pena Nieto boasted of the arrest as a major victory for the rule of law. But the war on drugs rages on. A corrupt network of organized crime, police and local politicians is deeply entrenched in the country. And life is dangerous for Mexico’s mayors.

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