Politics: An Unforgivable Mistake

MEXICO - Report 22 Jul 2015 by Guillermo Valdes and Esteban Manteca

Executive Summary When Mexico’s most famous drug kingpin and high-security prisoner broke out of the country’s top maximum security facility, it was just the latest example of how much a culture of government corruption and official indifference has left the entire criminal justice system vulnerable. Further compounding the matter is the extent to which public security and fighting corruption have yet to emerge as priority issues for President Enrique Peña Nieto and his government. The political impact of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera’s prison escape on the Peña administration and the Mex...

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