Mexico’s president and his family are fighting claims of corruption
The truth is that Andrés Manuel López Obrador has done too little to tackle the problem in society
MEXICO’S PRESIDENT, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has long railed against corruption. But on January 30th a consortium of news outlets reported that in 2006 his campaign team had accepted $2m from drug gangs in return for favours. The reports, based on information from the US Drug Enforcement Administration, do not show that the president knew what was going on. But a close aide did, they allege. Mr López Obrador completely rejects the allegations, calling them slander.
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This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “The C word”
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