Mexican president admits murders rising on his watch

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador acknowledged in a state of the nation address Tuesday that murders and extortion by organized crime gangs had increased since he came to power. The left-wing populist, who took office in December 2018, is struggling to rein in violent crime widely blamed on the country’s drug cartels and other […]

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