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Specter of graft looms over Mexico as Nafta talks begin

Tuesday, August 15, 2017


These are crucial times in Mexico. Corruption is so pervasive in Mexico that at least 16 former governors, are on the run, under investigation, or in jail. Last month, the country was shook by revelations that the government used sophisticated spyware to monitor an international team of investigators seeking answers in the 2014 disappearance of 43 students following clashes with  police.

The country will enter talks to renegotiate Nafta on Wednesday, it will elect a president a year from now, and cartel-related violence has reached a record high.

Source: Dallas Morning News