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Mexico’s immigration policies: Trump makes assertions; WaPo finds the facts
Salvador Rizzo of the Washington Post’s fact-checking team illuminates those who care on the best available version of the facts.
Mexico
Foreign Concept
With Canada and Mexico, Trump may find that populism cuts both ways
Populism is going to be a major factor — if not the dominant driver — of politics across North America in the next year, and perhaps well beyond.
Second Opinion
Mexico’s experience suggests soda taxes can help reduce sugar consumption
In Mexico, “purchases of taxed beverages decreased 5.5 percent in 2014 and 9.7 percent in 2015, yielding an average reduction of 7.6 percent over the study period,” a new study’s report said.
Global Post
Meet the journalist who says she can prove Mexican presidents’ links to drug cartels
Anabel Hernandez talks to GlobalPost about why she thinks Mexico’s government is more dangerous than its gangsters.
Christian Science Monitor
Child migrants 101: What does it take to win US asylum?
It’s not enough to come from a dangerous place. Child migrants seeking to stay in the US must show they face persecution due to a specific group affiliation.
Christian Science Monitor
Even caged, Mexican kingpin El Chapo can bite
Risks loom in the aftermath of the capture of Mexico’s most wanted drug lord Joaquin (El Chapo) Guzman.
Global Post
California kids enlist in Mexico militias to rout a drug cartel
Born in Mexico but raised in barrios of Southern California, these rifle-slinging fighters are holding down the front line in Michoacan’s battle against a ruthless meth gang.
Christian Science Monitor
Tiny robots to prowl US-Mexico border’s dark drug tunnels
Border patrol is unleashing a fleet of ultra-maneuverable, pint-sized robots to explore the growing number of drug tunnels beneath the US-Mexico border.
Global Post
Mexico’s gang-torn Hot Country is about to boil over
Troops clashed with armed vigilante groups intent on taking on a dangerous meth cartel in Mexico’s western Michoacan state.
Christian Science Monitor
Mexico passes landmark oil reform: boon or bane?
The government argues the historic shift will lower prices and boost output. But many Mexicans associate privatization with cronyism and declines in services.