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Amnesty for drug traffickers? That's one Mexican presidential candidate's pitch to voters

  • Written by Luis Gómez Romero, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
Amnesty for drug traffickers? That's one Mexican presidential candidate's pitch to votersCan Mexico become a 'loving republic' built on forgiveness rather than punishment?Shutterstock/Nalidsa

With over 29,000 murders, 2017 was the deadliest year in Mexico since modern record-keeping began. Nearly two-thirds of Mexicans say crime and violence are the biggest problems facing their country.

A main cause of the bloodshed, studies show, is...

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