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Weekly Report - 20 July 2017 (WR-17-28)

MEXICO: Duarte trial: a litmus test

On 17 July Javier Duarte, the former governor of Veracruz, was extradited from Guatemala back to Mexico, where he faces multiple corruption charges. He is now being held in Reclusorio Norte, a prison in the north of Mexico City. For a number of reasons his eventual trial will be a critically important test case, giving an indication of whether the government is serious about tackling corruption.

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