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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Mexico - 16 March 2018
From LatinNews Daily
Development: On 15 March, 18 members of the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) drug trafficking organisation (DTO) were arrested on suspicion of the abduction and murder of two agents working for Mexico’s federal attorney general’s office (PGR) last month.... Read More
* Mexico’s economy minister, Ildefonso Guajardo, has warned that if a full agreement over the renegotiation of the terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) between Mexico, Canada, and the US is not reached by April, it is unlikely that a deal could be concluded this year.... Read More
From Latin American Weekly Report
“In the face of the factious, illegal, and cowardly use of the federal attorney general’s office [PGR], in the face of the attacks ordered from Los Pinos by [President Enrique] Peña Nieto, here we are.” With these words Ricardo Anaya formally registered his presidential candidacy for the Por México al Frente opposition coalition ahead of elections on 1 July.... Read More
The failure of the government led by President Enrique Peña Nieto to employ a coherent and coordinated strategy to arrest the deterioration in public security in Mexico was laid bare this week.... Read More
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