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71% of Mexico's Local Governments Said Penetrated by Narcos

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Drug traffickers exert influence over 71 percent of Mexico’s 2,439 municipal governments and completely control 195 of them. Criminal groups find it easy to dominate municipalities because local administrations are chronically short of money and suffer from neglect on the part of the state and federal governments.

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Political Instability
Government Corruption
Mexican Drug War
Politics Outside US
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