By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In yet another example of how badly President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial “hugs not bullets” approach to fighting crime in Mexico has failed, a study released by the nonprofit Causa en Común thinktank earlier this month showed that, on average, one police officer has been murdered each day so far during the
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE Most people would agree that the most essential function of a government is to provide safety and security to its citizens. In Mexico, you would be hard pressed to find anyone who says the government is doing well when it comes to offering safety. Recent polls conducted by Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography
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OPINION By THE WILSON CENTER MEXICO INSTITUTE Given the current political and social panorama in Mexico, there will be three major things to watch for in the months ahead regarding U.S.-Mexico relations: Migration As border apprehensions of undocumented migrants reach record levels, the Joe Biden and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) administrations strive to collaborate to reduce the flow and
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