The violence in Mexico is not just Mexican on Mexican, more recently, 'The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens about the risk of traveling to certain parts of Mexico due to the activities of criminal organizations in those areas. U.S. citizens have been the victims of violent crimes, including homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery in various Mexican states. This Travel Warning replaces the Travel Warning for Mexico issued December 8, 2016.'
So sad what's happened to Mexico. I wonder if Mexico can recover from all the violence there? The poor victims. Maybe the Pope, Putin and Trump should try to do something to help victims of all the crime there?
galrads: So, you believe that the lack of Mexico's justice reform that is needed for victims of violent crimes, such as homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery in various Mexican states is because of people living in the continental USA?
I understand how the USA's economy can affect other country's economies (Great Depression for good example) but I don't see how the USA influences justice for victims of these violent crimes in Mexico or why the USA would want to. Can you provide links please.
Poverty is the link Raddy , it comes with nothing to click on . Narcos find willing hands because it means food on the table . There needs to be fair trade between country's to break the poverty , both sides of the border . Crook justice systems can't be fixed in a environment where the bullet rules . MAGA
As dozens more report blackouts at Mexico resorts, country says it will act on tainted alcohol, and the victims are helpless.
Longstanding problem
The Mexican government has long acknowledged that the nation has a problem with adulterated alcohol. A 2017 report by Euromonitor International found 36% of the alcohol consumed in the country is illegal, meaning it is sold or produced under unregulated circumstances and potentially dangerous.
The study, done in collaboration with the nation’s Tax Administration Service, found that was an improvement from two years earlier, when 43% was illegal.
The national health authority in Mexico has seized more than 1.4 million gallons of adulterated alcohol since 2010 — not just from small local establishments, but from hotels and other entertainment areas, according to a 2017 report by the country's Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks.
Will reforms ever turn around the money laundering problem in Mexico?
#WORLD NEWSNOVEMBER 4, 2017 / 7:05 AM / 12 DAYS AGO
Mexico report flags shortcomings in fight against corruption..... Stefanie Eschenbacher
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government has noted serious shortcomings in its fight against corruption in a classified report seen by Reuters, which was prepared ahead of an international evaluation of the country’s efforts to combat money laundering.
The undated government report estimated that the drug trade, tax fraud and other crimes were worth at least 1.13 trillion pesos ($58.5 billion) a year in Mexico, with all of that money susceptible to money laundering.
In October last year the government published a much shorter official version of the findings, which broadly described the risks of money laundering without going into detail.
The sum of illicit funds identified in the classified report was equivalent to 6.6 percent of the Mexican economy in 2014, when the data was compiled. It did not include an estimate of the value of corruption and several other crimes.
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