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Gang-buster: Can Sheinbaum beat Mexico crime? - The Intelligence from The Economist

Gang-buster: Can Sheinbaum beat Mexico crime? - The Intelligence from The Economist

Update: 2025-11-17
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This weekend, thousands of people protested in Mexico City about violent crime. But our correspondent notes that the government has had some success in confronting drug gangs and cutting homicides. Three years ago Japan’s former prime minister Abe Shinzo was assassinated. Now his killer is on trial. And celebrating the life of the bomb-disposal mastermind Peter Gurney.


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Gang-buster: Can Sheinbaum beat Mexico crime? - The Intelligence from The Economist

Gang-buster: Can Sheinbaum beat Mexico crime? - The Intelligence from The Economist