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Mexico's former Veracruz state Gov. Javier Duarte, center, is escorted by agents of the local Interpol office inside a police car as they arrive at Guatemala City, early Sunday, April 16, 2017. Duarte, who is accused of running a ring that allegedly pilfered from state coffers, has been detained in Guatemala after six months as a fugitive and a high-profile symbol of government corruption. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jan-Albert Hootsen
Mexicans are no stranger to widespread corruption, which costs the country a staggering $100 billion per year, according to last year’s National Corruption Forum. Governors are especially likely to become involved with graft.
Miroslava Breach Velducea. Photo courtesy of Patricia Mayorga.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jan-Albert Hootsen
Four attacks on reporters in such a short timespan have shocked Mexico, already a country press freedom organizations say is one the most dangerous in the Western Hemisphere for journalists.
"AMLO" campaigns in La Perla, Veracruz on March 25.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jan-Albert Hootsen
As next year’s presidential election draws ever closer, former Mexico City mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador may be the number one candidate.
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David Agren - Catholic News Service
"We do not know the reasons why he was abducted. He did not have problems with anyone," Father Angel Vargas Uribe said. "We are not scared."
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jan-Albert Hootsen
The education plan for deportees represents one of the first attempts by the Mexican government to pushback against the policies of the new occupant of the White House.
Bishop Ramon Castro Castro of Cuernavaca, Mexico, poses on March 26 in the Assumption of Mary Cathedral in front of an image of St. Christopher from the colonial period. (CNS photo/David Agren)
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David Agren - Catholic News Service
Bishop Castro has come under attack from politicians and public officials upset for voicing suspicions of corruption in Morelos, Mexico. The threats, he says, are not dissuading him, though the publicity is causing discomfort.